That's on you...
One thing that is
missing today is personal responsibility. Along with it, accountability. It's
common in our culture for us to look for someone to blame for whatever happens
to us or for the bad attitudes and habits we develop.
Now, we don't mind
receiving credit for the positive things in our lives. The Scripture says the
reward for wisdom belongs to us AND the consequence of not being wise is
equally ours to bear. "If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you
scoff, you alone will bear it." (Proverbs 9:12 ESV)
Here is the fact:
a man gains the wage for his work, or lack thereof, and that's true in physical
and spiritual labor (ref. 1 Corinthians 3:8). We increasingly live in a world
where we want something for nothing in the good and no consequence for the bad.
At some point, a
reckoning will come, and it'll be on each of us to give an account. We'd do
well to learn to praise God when we've seen fit to walk by wisdom and to also
cry out to him when we've been unwise, taking responsibility AND seeking mercy.
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