It is sad to say, but it is human nature to defer fault, ever since Adam got in trouble in Genesis 3:12 and blamed his disobedience on his wife, that has perpetuated a curse. As of late, it seems that everybody has a good reason for doing something they should not. But strangely enough, there is such a universal desire to go to a new level in Christ, but God can't trust you with it because you don't trust him. Check this out! Excuses can only exist after breaking a set of rules that have been previously laid down. When you disobey someone, usually either it means that others have misled you, so you regard their opinion higher than the person who gave you the rules; or you think that something that the rule states lacks validity. At any rate, you display a lack of trust through your actions. If you do not fully trust God, how can you expect to mature in Him?
It is my belief that maturation is the key to manifestation. Simply put, once you grow in God, He can release certain things to you. Right now, a lot of us are deadlocked because we cannot own up to our faults, so God cannot let us posses our future. Paul said it best in 1 Corinthians 13:11, "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." Some of us are believing for manly blessings while harboring childish tendencies. By you steadily making excuses, you are attempting to portray yourself as perfect and it is common knowledge that there is only one perfect person who has ever walked this earth, Jesus! See, without confession you can never really experience true redemption, unless you say what you have done, how can God forgive you? Because we are in a time that men have become deceivers of themselves, no one is quick to claim wrongdoings because no one thinks that anything they do is wrong. {pagebreak}
As a Christian, you should be afraid to fess up to your faults. David was a man after God's own heart and he still messed up. But he did not try to sweep it under the rug by blaming it on anyone. In Psalms 51, it states, "that his sin is ever before him." He knew he had done wrong, he admitted it and he went on about his business. By trying to rationalize our mistakes, we do not fool God. In fact, in Galatians 6:7, it states, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." By us not being upfront with God, all we are doing is adding to the harvest that we have to reap. Coming into this walk, we must realize God does not expect perfection, though he does require sincerity. He wants us to walk upright and have integrity. He already knows that sometimes we are prone to fall, but he is gracious to forgive us.
There is really no need for excuses. God is not big on cover-ups! Excuses do not enable you from taking responsibility. Ultimately, they disable you from receiving your blessing. In the word, it said that the just falleth several times, but the thing that makes them just is that they realize, take responsibility, and repent for their wrong doings. If you come correct with God in the first place, things will work out fine. The most important thing in any relationship is telling the unblemished truth. Every time we amend a story or we do not trust God enough with the truth, we weaken our relationship with the Father. "Stay on the Path!"
