Mar 15 2010
It’s my fault…..

I saw a bumper sticker on a car today that said “Don’t blame me I voted for__________” I have been guilty of that thinking in the past. I have my bias when it comes to politics and my faith. What I have noticed in the US it is a sport to blame someone else for everything. When we were children it was always someone else’s fault. Unfortunately that line of thinking stays with us as adults. At least it has with me.
But in recent years I came to the conclusion that it’s all my fault. It is my fault for injustice. It is my fault that people are hungry. It is my fault that people are taken advantage of. It is my fault for fill in the blank. But the one thing that is really my fault is that Jesus died. I’m not blaming anyone else. I’m not blaming Adam or Eve. I’m not blaming President Obama, Bush, Bush or Clinton. I’m not blaming my neighbor, my boss, my wife, my kids, or the man on the moon. It is my fault.
How can I take the blame? Well, by reading and studying the Bible. I have had the privilege of sharing my faith to lots of people in recent weeks who gave their lives to Jesus. And I used Scripture from the Book of Romans that some call the “Roman Road.”
According to Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” When I read that…all is me. Then in Romans 6:23 it says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” So in other words I DESERVE TO DIE for my sins! I’m not blaming anyone else just me. But the 2nd part of that verse gives me comfort to know that God loves me in spite of my sin. In fact in Romans 5:8 it says “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us..”
Here is what I’ve known but not preached or lived effectively….IT’s MY FAULT! I can’t blame you, the government, my family, those that hate me, etc…. If there is anyone to blame all I have to do is look in the mirror. The good news for me is that I asked Jesus to take over my life and he promised me in Romans 10:13 that “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” That applies to you, me and everyone else. That is what drives me to live. So it truly is my fault!


