Maturity comes with the acceptance of responsibility. Babies are constantly expecting someone to make things happen for them. They look up to their parents for food, clothing, education and all other necessities. The younger the person, the more they rely on others to cater to their needs. This is true in physical growth, and it is also true in mental and spiritual growth. There are sixty year old people whose maturity is just like an eighteen year old. They refuse to take up responsibility for their own lives and often find someone to blame for their failures. They just do not realize it is their responsibility to make the choices that will shape their future.
Life essentially is the result of a series of choices a person makes. We choose the career path to take. We choose to stay in that career. We choose the partners to get married to (or not to get married). We choose the words to speak to those around us. We choose what to believe and what not to believe. We choose to accept Jesus as Lord or to reject His gift of salvation. It is all up to us. God made us volitional beings so that we could freely exercise the freedom to make choices because it is only with that freedom that those who truly love God will choose Him.
Any progress that you will make starts with you realizing you are responsible. You need to take 100% responsibility of the things you expect to see or get out of life. Blaming people around you will not make things any better. It is a sure way to keep things on the deterioration path. Some find themselves blaming it on their race, country of origin, gender, qualification (or lack of it) or any other thing that they can’t change. They have a victim mentality that thwarts their self esteem leaving them just as grasshoppers in their own eyes. The spies that came back with the report of the Promised Land in the bible said “…we were as grasshopper in our own eyes and so were we in theirs.” Low self esteem makes you small in the eyes of the world. It’s like walking around with a low price tag on the forehead.
In the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:24, 25; the servant with the one talent said, “Lord, I knew you that you are a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter. And having been frightened, having gone away, I hid your talent in the ground. Look! You have [what is] yours! “ The servant was just plain lazy and he blamed the master for his inability to deliver results. People like this talk a lot. This particular servant spoke seven times more than the other servants. The other servants still made profits even though the master was the same.
In chemistry, there are ingredients that are called rate limiting factors. They determine the rate at which a chemical reaction will take place. Without them, the reaction can be very sluggish and non productive, but once they are added, the reaction can be hundreds of times faster. An individual who takes responsibility of his or her own life becomes the rate limiting factor in his or her life. Taking responsibility creates a drive in you to find solutions. As long as you are expecting someone else to do things for you, you will not develop that drive. You will blame the economic situation, the rain, the environment, evil spirits, the dog and everything else except you. You will never grow.
Affirmation: I am responsible for my life. I make the choices that shape my life. I choose to carry my cross and follow Jesus.
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