Blaming God

"In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

Genesis 4:3-7

Foundations are everything. So are the foundations for our beliefs. If you do not build a foundation correctly, everything built upon it will be disfigured and skewed. I think sometimes, even though we are told certain truths from God's word, we give God what we want to give and expect God to accept it. Sometimes it is that we do not know what God expects because we were not willing to genuinely seek Him in the matter. Instead we just run ahead and do it anyways. I have been thinking alot about people who blame God lately and I feel there is no justification for this. Are you a Cain Christian or an Abel Christian?

So in the story we see two brothers essentially doing the same thing. They are both giving to God as their form of worship. Abel's is accepted but Cains is rejected. But why?! It appears there is some sort of "rules" given to the both of them that is not recorded in this text. The verse that suggests this position is when God says to Cain, "Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?" Who knows what the "rules" for sacrifice at this time were. I think it would just be speculation to say, however, it is clear that Cain was not meeting God's expectations in his giving. So we see that because Cain wanted his sacrifice accepted whether it was the Lord's will or not, Abel was penalized (by being killed by Cain) for playing by the rules as a form of blame toward's God. Cain chose to build a foundation a certain way without regard to God's proposed rules. Cain's foundation said something like this, "I do not care what God really wants me to do, I am going to do what is good in my sight and God should accept it." Whereas Abel's foundation said something like this, "The Lord God is my life and sustanence, it is a pleasure and a blessing for me to serve Him exactly how He would want to be served."

Are you a person who blames God for their troubles? Or maybe you blame God for your lack of worldly success. Unfortunately the enemy can blind us to the point of complaining that God didn't do something how we thought He should based on our personal devotion to Him (what we thought was best). Doesn't it seem silly for people who are active believers unto salvation to complain about petty things when we have been redeemed from Hell? Think about this for a moment. How dare I complain or throw blame God's way for anything when He has given His all on calvary. Doesn't this sound a bit selfish? And when we blame God it usually involves something petty we want as well. Fame, relationships, fortunes, etc. Rarely do we blame God for not giving us the opportunity to witness to the poor soul down the street. Rarely do we blame God for not allowing us to fellowship with other believers. Rarely do we blame God for not allowing us to draw closer to Him. If you are reading this and you blame God for something, just repeat the pseudo-blame to God that I just said and see how silly that sounds.

There are too many people that blame God for not allowing them to have the girl/guy they want, the job they wanted, the life they wanted, the fame they wanted, the healing they wanted, the death they DIDN'T want etc. When you and I have blame in our heart's towards God, we will not thank Him genuinely for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. WHEN A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER BLAMES GOD FOR NOT WORKING SOMETHING OUT HOW THEY THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED OUT THEY HAVE BECOME SHORT SIGHTED, FORGETTING THE PURIFICATION OF THEIR SINS! Never forget that God works everything out for our GOOD! When you and I get to Heaven and hear "Well done thou good and faithful servant" none of the stuff we went through on Earth would even compare! You would go through all of this again to receive what you will see if you endure til the end.

In conclusion, do not build foundations based on delusional truth like Cain did. Be real! God doesn't work for you, you work for God. Understand that God has control and not you. Be ok when God chooses something for you that you do not like, maybe it was an error on your end, maybe it just wasn't God's will for you, either way seek Him to understand the why and GROW FROM IT! Don't take the lazy way out and blame Him! When your foundational truth says, "God can do whatever He wants through me, I NO LONGER LIVE!", and then storms come and things do not work out how you thought they should, your heart will still say "It is well with my soul". But remember, if your foundational mentality is that God works for you and not you for God, you will go through life blaming God for everything "bad" that has happened to you, never willing to accept blame yourself or even asking God what the purpose was if it wasn't an error on your end. You will always ask for things from Him with wrong motives and never be willing to ask Him why He won't allow it. Please don't do that. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble and what is more prideful than me being upset with God when I have been redeemed from the Lake of Fire and have a restored relationship with Him? It makes blaming Him for not giving me the material things I wanted sound real petty. I hope this has been a blessing to someone.

Sincerely, Chris Goff