“Who told you that you were naked?” God said. “Did you eat the fruit of the tree that I commanded you not to eat?” Adam pointed to the woman and said, “The woman you placed alongside me—she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” So Yahweh-God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman pointed to the snake and said, “The shining snake tricked me, and I ate.”
Genesis 3:11–13 TPT

Earlier this month, we discussed a crucial topic, “Fix It—Play Your Civil Role.” This is one of the major problems we have as human beings: we don’t own up to our faults; we would rather point the finger of blame at someone else.

We all know the story of the fall of man. After the woman and the man ate the forbidden fruit, rather than going to God for mercy, the man shifted the blame to the woman, and the woman shifted the blame to the snake.

Note that the serpent did not tie both their hands and force the forbidden fruit into their throats. They picked it themselves and ate it.

You work in a team, and once things go sideways, you are already pointing fingers and trying to put all the blame on someone else. This is wrong. Say the team receives accolades; you would not point to one person. The pronoun would be “WE.”

I’m serving in the music department of our church, and we have mainly the background voices split into three parts. If one person in one of the parts is singing off-key, the whole team is held responsible. Yet, you would see someone else from the team already pointing fingers, saying it wasn’t them. Yet, we call ourselves a team.

Enough of citizens blaming the government for the situation of the nation. Enough of the current government blaming the past government. Let’s just own up to our responsibilities, accept the criticisms and commendations, and do what we are meant to do excellently well.

Take responsibility. Stop shifting the blame. Own your part and fix it.