Beyond Excuses

We human beings love excuses.

We so easily see ourselves as victims
Licking our wounds...
Obsessing about the impossibility of our obstacles...
Blaming our irresponsibility 
on our parents, teachers, and leaders...
Despising our hardships and handicaps.

When we do this, we choose to be like Cain
Decrying injustice...
Feeling no sorrow for those we’ve hurt...
Sorry only for ourselves...
Demanding things we don’t deserve...

Or we can reject Cain's example...
And look to another Bible example...

We can seek to be Overcoming Josephs...
holding on, standing firm...
bearing the burden of great dreams...
waiting and believing.

God’s Kingdom is found beyond excuses...
So let's stop making them.

“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power, [so] do not think of yourself more highly than you ought…Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Endure hardship as discipline.”  1 Corinthians 4:20; Romans 12:3, 12, 21; Hebrews 12:7

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To read more about Joseph's incredible faith, see a collection of 1-Minute Devotions about Joseph. I especially recommend Prospering in Prison.

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