FAITH CAPSULE: Excuses before God will not elevate but will only eliminate or exclude one from the blessings of God.

Genesis 3:8-24
 
When sacrifice unto God becomes convenient, there is susceptibility that it is no longer a reasonable sacrifice. However, whensacrifice unto God becomes a commitment,despite inconveniences that might be in place, the grace to conveniently engage a reasonable sacrifice will not cease from flowing.
Giving excuse is the best and most reasonable means for one to get away from one’s commitment to serving God outside or inside of the church fellowship. When the church fellowship calls for meeting such as choir practice, you have a good excuse not to be a part of it. Also when a call for prayer meeting is announced it sounds too late for your convenience. Often times the nursing home ministry is not a good time and does not have a place in your schedule. To man, giving excuse for not serving might be reasonable but to the Lord God that is in control of our time, there is no reasonable excuse.Do you have reasonable excuse for no availability serving God sacrificially? Before God, there is no excuse that is acceptable. The best given excuse till date does not count before Him and no excuse shall count before Him forever.
Truly, there was no documentation in the Bible where Adam asked God for a woman. However, it was God’s plan to give to Adam a woman. It is written, “And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Adam did not ask God for a woman; therefore, he had a great excuse before God. Adam presented a reasonable excuse for violating God stating, “Then the man said, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.’” (Genesis 3:12)Just as it was clear during the time of Adam so it is clear today that, God made womangotAdamto do what God asked him not to do. Does your excuse sound reasonable like that of Adam? The most high God that never fail judging righteously responded to Adam, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:“Cursed is the ground for your sake;In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life.” (Genesis 3:17)Adam’s excuse failed and he was cursed. Eve and the serpent also had their share of curse.
Excuses before God will not elevate one; they will only eliminate one or exclude one from the blessings of God. The best excuse eliminated Adam from God’s blessings; best given excuse was not enough to restore the cost of the damage.

Prayer for today: Ask God to deliver you from excuses that have been denying and replacing you the center of God’s blessings.