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I want to just start with a question. The answer is yes, it's a rhetorical question so so you don't have to answer out loud. But the question is this, have you ever had to take responsibility for somebody else's mess? We can just start with this if you've ever changed a diaper. Yes, okay? A baby's diaper. If you've ever changed a toddler's diaper, that's like next level, right?

So, yes, we've all at some level in our life had to take responsibility for somebody else's mess.

But more to the topic of the series, there's this question.

It's a longer question.

Have you ever had to take responsibility for a mess resulting from somebody else's irresponsibility?

Have you ever been penalized because of somebody did something and next thing, you know, they're gone and you've got to pick it up? I think all of

us have experienced this at work. You're on a team and somebody doesn't do their part, but the team has to make a

presentation. And so you have to pick up their responsibility because

you don't want to look bad. You don't want the team to look bad. You give somebody an assignment.

They don't do it. And suddenly you have to stop what you're doing and do what they were supposed to do because it just has to get done. I think this happens at work. It happens at home. It happens pretty much in any arena of life, and maybe you've experienced that.

You feel penalized because of something somebody else did.

And the thing is, much in any arena of life, and maybe you've experienced that. You feel penalized because of something

somebody else did. And the thing is this, you don't blame a baby for their mess, but when adults

act like babies, it's so irritating. And it's irritating because, I mean, it's just it's irresponsible because unlike a child

they actually have the ability this is where the word comes from they actually have the ability

to be responsible they have the ability not to create the mess in the first place and then they

have the ability to own the mess once they create it and they have the ability to to fix what

they mess up to clean up what they mess up so So it's just so irritating. Or at least if the mess can't be cleaned up to acknowledge, okay, that's my mess. This is my fault that I did this instead of just walking away. Now, if you're not a Christian, I want to say something for just a minute to tune in. In fact, if you're not a Christian, I think you're really going to like this message more than the Christians. In fact, you may be glad you're not a Christian by the time this message is over. But let me just say something if you're not a religious person or specifically not a Christian. One of the irritating things about some Christians, not Jesus followers, but people who just believe stuff. One of the irritating things about some Christians is that they use God as a cover for their

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