Justify not
"And He said, who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” Then the man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate." (NKJV) Genesis 3:11-12
The book of Genesis mostly gives an account of creation. It is so marvelous to know how God made everything that exists, thus the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). Man was privileged to have been created in God’s own image. (Genesis 1:26).
God had good plans for man. He wanted man to enjoy his awesome works. So, He gave man the best of everything to the extent of blessing man to have dominion over His creatures. (Genesis 1:28). Certainly, man overlooked all these beautiful gifts and disobeyed God. God told man not to eat of the “Fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden”, thus the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:9). However, man was deceived by the cunning serpent (Genesis 3:1) to disobey God. Even when man was found guilty, he shifted the blame.
So it is today in our everyday lives. We tend to be so inherently proud to justify our wrongs instead of admitting them. It is awful to correct a person who thinks he knows everything but refuses to admit a wrong. Some people have their hearts hardened such that they end up wallowing in their sins. Pharaoh of Egypt was of no exception (Exodus 7).
Beloved, let us be careful how we deal with each other in our daily lives. Let us learn to say sorry, admit our wrongs and refrain from them too. A beloved sister once said, “admit it, even if you think you are right but your opponent proves you wrong”. It is true so as to foster harmony, peace and unity.
May God help us to admit our wrongdoings so as to walk humbly and diligently with Him. Amen.