Blame

*Be Inspired Intercessory  Prayer & Testimony Programme Tuesday 18th June 2019*

*Topic:* Blame

*Text:* Genesis 3:1-12

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.  And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.  And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?  And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.  And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:1‭-‬13 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.3.1-13.KJV

The word blame means to feel or declare someone or something is responsible for a fault or what has gone wrong
How many of us have been blamed before

As human being it is easier to put the blame on someone else or something in order not to feel the weight of the wrong we have done or have been done to us.

If you look at children if they are playing rough and you warn them and suddenly they fall and realise they are in pain and start crying for the closest adult that can sooth their hurt.

If you ask what happen they will always have a story their is always someone or something to blame even if it is the stone that has been on the floor year in and out😀😀

Reading from Genesis 3 this is what facilitated the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden
The serpent came to the woman Eve and said did God say you shouldn't eat of every tree of the garden.

Imagine the tricky question
The woman responded by saying we can eat of the tree of the garden but of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God said we should not
Eat it
Or touch it
Or we will die
The serpent response was that is a lie you will not die, you know what 🐍 God  knows that when you eat it, you will be like him and know evil from good🙆🏾🙅🏽‍♂🤦🏽‍♀🤦🏼‍♂
The woman who I will say was gullible and fell for this trickster serpent 🐍 look at the fruit and she desired it because she find it to be pleasant...

This tree has been then before her creation.. she met this tree in the garden but until the serpent 🐍 told her you will be knowledgeable as God she had no interest but now her desire for it grew high
Then she took it and ate it then gave it to her husband🤦🏽‍♀🤦🏼‍♂
The husband without hesitation ate and their eyes were open ..
Their spiritual covering was taken off and all they could see was them being naked.. they quickly cut fig tree sewed it to cover their nakedness
Then God called out for the man..

Prior to this God and man communicated without God searching for where they were
But this nakedness they brought on themselves made God call out for them as they had gone to hide
Then God was like who told you you are named did you eat what I forbid you not to eat
And the man answered I heard your voice but I am afraid not only was their spiritual covering taken off now fear had cripped into their life
Adam said it is the woman you gave me that gave it to me...
So Adam blamed the woman and indirectly blamed God..

He didn't say my wife alone but refer back to the fact that God gave her to him
Then when God turned on to the wan she quickly did another blame the serpent tricked me and I did eat it
Even when they have done wrong they know they did it everyone will blame someone and the most people do is blame the devil
It is in human nature and the nature of sin to always shift blame in one direction or the other as long as it is not on them
Do you know living a life of blame is living an irresponsible life
When you chose not to stand to your responsibility as human being you always look for someone to blame
I know there are situation where clearly what went wrong or go wrong is outrightly not your fault but some people will always shift the blame
When the devil asked Eve the question she could have said to it I am not interested but she heard one thing that made her desired the fruit she ate the fruit but when the consequence bounced on her she looked for someone or something to bounce it on
In life there are steps that we will take at times it might not be as planned but when you start in the journey of blaming others for your misfortune
You will never learn to grow up let go let God and soar high
Some people have a blaming mindset
They believe everyone that speak beside them is talking about them
They believe someone is running a conspiracy against them
Power from their fathers lineage
They are the type of people you will ask what is going on even before you go deep they will digress into to blaming the village enemies
Their mother conceived them when she was with a wrong man
Their dad did not do this so they decided to do that.

Let me tell you when life through you a hard ball bounce it till it lose air and becomes something you can kick around
Don't turn it into a mini god
When you ask certain people so why aren't you pursuing your goal they will be like it is the government
Had it been
If this was
Let us assume
You cannot progress when you fail to see beyond the limit
You cannot progress when you always put your downfall on a price tag instead of learning from it.

When you're driving a car your main focus will be on the wind screen
You will obviously use your center and side mirrors
But of you choose to use the center and side mirrors and sideline the wind screen or shield you will crash.
Your vision in life shouldn't be set upon the rear view
What has gone wrong should not be your best but what will go right
Blaming a situation
A person
The government
The society
Your boss
You career
Will never lead to you achieving anything in life
When Job was sick and He post everything even when he cursed the day he was conceived and the beginning of his existence when his friends and wife said curse God and die he didn't because he knew better
Why should he die when he knows his redeemer lives?

Why should he die when what was going wrong in his life was known to his maker
Why should he die when the great redeemer is right there waiting for him to be restored?

Playing the blame game or victim will not make your situation change dramatically

Some people will blame everyone but themselves when they are question why they are not succeeding
Some will say I know people in this high place and that high place but can you imagine they cannot help me
Why do you want to attach your breakthrough to blaming others?

Blaming eve didn't Robb off the fact that Adam ate the fruit
Blaming the serpent 🐍 didn't Robb off the fact that Even ate the fruit even though she was aware God warned them not to eat it.

Some people will blame their parents had it been my dad didn't die
Had it been my parent didn't remarry
Who are you blaming
Had it been
Had it been
Will not change any situation on till you identify you need to take the bull by the horn
Had it been
You need to take charge of what needs to be right in your life
You need to stand up to your responsibility
Your first responsibility as human is to yourself them to others
Don't let go of your dreams
Don't let go of yourself
Don't allow blame to Robb you off your divine fame.
What has gone wrong might have gone wrong but you do not have to continue in that direction
God has made you great and expect you to do great things.
Your generation might fail but you do not have to join the statistics just by blaming what has gone wrong before you became a product of that family.
We will know better and how to take responsibility.

My prayer is that God will give us understanding.

For as many that are limited by blame either people are blaming you or you are blaming yourself I pray for freedom and wisdom to live on now in Jesus name.

For many who have been limited as the pointing hands of blaming cause you your vision henceforth God will take you high as you let go and let Him in Jesus name.

Say Father forgive me in anyway I have resulted into blaming myself instead of moving on.

Father forgive me in anyway I have stayed stuck on blaming others.

Lord help me to let go of any blame or accusations holding me back in Jesus name.

I decree henceforth I will be fruitful no matter how dry the ground is in Jesus name.

I decree henceforth no law or authority can stop me from achieving my goal.

Begin to thank God for giving you victory over thoughts that conspire against the plan of God for you
I decree henceforth God will expose every trickster in my life and around me in Jesus name
Thank Him for divine enablement henceforth
Thank you everlasting King for answered prayers in Jesus name