Responsibility is something that I was given long before I knew the concept of it. I'm a first born :) You probably already know that by now. Anyways, even as a younger child, I knew that I was responsible for a lot more things that any of my friends. Granted, there were people who understand, like other first borns, but at the time, we didn't know. As I've grown up, I have seen other people come in and out of my life who were amazingly awesome people but they sucked at responsibility.
The textbook definition of responsible is:
"liable to be called on to answer."
My definition:
"the person who gets in trouble if something goes wrong."
I'm not at all trying to be cynical. It's the truth though. When you are asked to do something, you are not being asked to do it half-way. You are being asked to do it, and as Christians, we should be going the extra mile for it.
The other night I was getting told that I need to not be stressed so much and just don't worry about it. The problem was that I was responsible for something. And it wasn't so much stressing me out as it would be nice for the 3 people still standing in the room to help. You're right, it's not their responsibility to do so. As I have learned, you can't depend on people. My expectations were too high.
When the pastor comes back to me and asks why the room wasn't cleaned, it's on me. It doesn't matter what my friends told me about the room. They don't have to answer for it; I do. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not standing on my soap box or having a pity party for myself. I'm simply trying to illustrate to you what responsibility looks like.
Then there is also a balance of knowing what you need to take responsibility for and when you need to let go. Most of the time, I end up holding on to responsibility that isn't mine. It's not our job to make sure everything is okay with the people we love and care about. It's not our responsibility to help people change. Cause the reality is that people won't change because of you. It's because of Him.
God is the only reason why people change. One of my friends used to tell me that people don't change. He said that a lot. And for a while, I started to believe him. Then I realized that everyone around me had changed. Their values, their lives, their friends, their ideals, they morals and ethics. People change. Maybe not for the good, maybe for the bad. Regardless, they change.
Don't be afraid of change.
Embrace it.
God will work through the situation and in you as life changes.
Truth
I know I've talked about truth before. So I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm talking about it again. But it's because it is so prevalent in our lives. Every day we deal with our mind battle. We push out the lies and try to live in truth.
Truth lies in the promises that Christ made us. The promises that WILL be fulfilled.
Go doesn't try to trick us by dangling lies in front of our faces.
NO!
Our God is bigger than that.
He promises us so much and has fulfilled or WILL fulfill each of those promises.
Live in his truth.
Be willing to listen to his promises.
Don't give into the lies.
His TRUTH will set you free.
Let truth be your soul armor.
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