Good morning

mornings with the masters where we devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you.

Again, it's just me today and we are jumping back into new morning mercies and so I'm just gonna dive on in this is

what it says you disobey not because you lack the God-given grace to obey but

because you love something more than the God who's given you that grace.

Your disobedience is never God's fault. Maybe you're thinking, of course it's not, Paul. You don't really think that I think that do you?

As much as we know theologically that God is not responsible for our behavior, we have subtle

ways of shifting the blame to Him. We have, if only had subtle ways of shifting the blame to him, we say,

if only my pastor was more available in times of mean, then I would have.

Dot, dot, dot. If only I had a better job at the time, I would have, you fill in the blank.

If only my parents had been better models for me, I could have.

If only I had come to Christ earlier in my life, I'm sure I would have.

If only I hadn't gotten sick, there would have.

If only my husband had been more romantic, I wouldn't have.

If only my children weren't so rebellious I wouldn't be.

If only there weren't so much pornography on the internet I wouldn't have been tempted to.

If only I weren't so busy, I could take more time to

fill in the blank. If God is present with you everywhere you go, and he is, and if he is sovereign over every situation, relationship, and

location of your life, and he is, then when you blame other people for your circumstances or for the wrongs that you do you are in fact

Blaming God you are saying that God didn't give you what you needed to be exactly what he has called you to be and do exactly what he has called you to do.

You are essentially saying, my problem isn't a heart problem, my problem is a poverty of grace problem. If only God had

have given me blank. I wouldn't have had to do what I did. This is the final

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