Humans have a very difficult time accepting responsibility for their actions. Here are common responses to the plagues that humans engulf themselves in:
Addiction: They can’t control it, it’s a disease and it consumes them, they just can’t help it
Abuse: They have an anger problem, they can’t control it, they just can’t help it.
Lust: It’s harmless, everyone does it, they just can’t help it.
Financial Problems: It’s the economy, they have a hard time finding a job, they just can’t help it.
The list goes on and on, but one argument applies to all sin that humans partake in: “they just can’t help it.” Friends and family enable sinful behavior because the alternative is just too hard; to make someone be held accountable for their actions. People who are consumed by sin blame God for their problems and turn to idols instead of Jesus. Humans take comfort in their idols, regardless of how miserable they become – and it’s all God’s fault.
“Why does God let this happen to me?” “If God loved me, He would fix my problems.” “God doesn’t care about me and that is why I suffer.” Those statements are nothing more than lies that idolaters tell because those are the lies Satan tells them. It’s far easier to blame God for your problems, misery, and distance from God than it is to confront yourself with your own sins.
Many sins of humans are the result of idolatry. Idolatry places an earthly object of worship between you and God. Idolatry removes Jesus from your focus and replaces Him with something that gives you a feeling of instant gratification instead of waiting patiently on the Lord through prayer and service. The result of that idolatry is usually similar to the human emotion of misery. Idolatry is destructive to your physical, spiritual, and personal well-being; when you worship your idols instead of God, you begin to blame God.
Idolatry causes you to use your body to sin, to keep you away from God and will allow for Satan to convince you that your actions are not your own – but that God is allowing your misery to happen to you. The exact opposite is true; if you do not praise and give thanks to God in all circumstances, you cannot blame Him for every thing that doesn’t go your way. Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (NIV).”
It’s time to stop playing the blame game; it’s time to take control of your actions and kick your idols and sin out of your life. “For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do — living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry;” (1 Peter 4:3, NIV).
Enough is enough.
God is not to blame.
God does not tell you to sin; God wants you to turn away from your sin and bathe yourself in His forgiveness and grace.
It’s time to cut loose your excuses and let go of blaming God. It’s time to follow God’s commands; as God has promised, all that comes from Him is good. He wants you to cast out your idols and come home to Him; God’s standards have no excuses. “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: Sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:5, NIV). All sin is nothing more than idol worship; sin is the seeking of instant physical gratification, validation, and vanity. To succumb to sins and idolatry is to use your body against God and will give you the false sense of security as you worship your sins and yourself.
Psalm 16:4 says, “Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more (NIV);” Psalm 16:4 doesn’t say that God gives you misery, God makes you suffer, or that God makes you sin. Psalm 16:4 says “Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more…” Those who run – not to Jesus, but to other gods, or idols, sin. Satan has given mankind the ability to lack accountability by shifting personal responsibility on to a blame game: Just Blame God. By blaming God, human accountability is removed from the equations; excuses are nothing more than lies Satan tells you to allow you to continue to sin and worship your idols.
Your idols will not save your eternal soul; only the blood of Christ will save you. Jesus tells you that no one will get to the Father but through Him; not through your earthly idols. “Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble! (Judges 10:14, NIV)” You must choose: Jesus or your sins. You cannot have it both ways.
PROJECT: Awaken. 
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