2 Chronicles 28:23
“For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.”
The greatest mistake that Ahaz made in his life was he played the blame game. When you read about the life of Ahaz, you will see that he forsook the ways of God and followed the ways of the heathen nations. He did everything that had brought God's judgment upon Israel thinking that he could get away with it. Because of these wicked acts, God not only punished Ahaz, but He also punished the nation of Judah.
One of the saddest acts that he did is found in verse 22 where it says, “And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD...” You would think that when the distress came he would turn back to God, but instead of turning to God he increased the wickedness that brought God's judgment. Yet, the most tragic mistake that Ahaz made was he blamed God for the problems of Judah instead of looking at his own actions.
Many people make this same mistake in their own lives. It amazes me how we constantly want to blame all the problems in our own lives on someone else instead of looking at ourselves. You can blame everyone else for your problems, but until you look at yourself and face the reality that you are the one who has caused the problems in your life, you will never change your life's situation.
In a marriage, as long as each spouse blames their problems on the other, they will never correct the problems in their marriage. Most marriage problems are caused because neither spouse wants to take the blame for the problems in their marriage. If those having marriage problems want to correct their problems and have a happy marriage, then they need to take an inward look at their own actions instead of blaming their spouse.
In all relationships, whether it is a family relationship, friend relationship, work relationship or some other relationship, you will never solve the problems hindering that relationship until you look at yourself. As long as you blame the other person in that relationship, you will continue to hurt the very relationship that you want to work out.
I find that those who are political leaders tend to make this same mistake. When a nation is having problems, the political leaders want to blame former administrations and other situations instead of facing their own actions. As long as political leaders blame everyone else, they will never solve the problems in their nation. The blame game has never solved a nation’s problem.
Likewise, blaming all the problems in your life on God will never solve them. Let me ask you, when are you going to face yourself and your actions? Instead of blaming God for all the problems in your life, you need to look at yourself and your actions if you want to change your situation. God is not the problem in your life; you are the problem in your life. The blame game has never changed a problem situation. Until a people or an individual stops playing the blame game, they will never solve the problems in their life.
If you want to solve your life's problems, then stop playing the blame game and take a look at yourself, and change the actions that have caused your problems. When you stop the blame game, you will have taken the first step in changing the situations in your life. Let me remind you, God is not the problem in your life; you and your actions are the problems in your life. By facing this we can change our life's problems.
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