Who Do You Justify?

Scripture Job 32:2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.

Observation: All of my life all I did was justify myself. I didn’t want to be wrong so I blamed others. I always had an excuse for what I did and would defend myself no matter what. I think others are like that trying to protect our pride instead of admitting we did wrong and learn from it and go on. Even when it comes to God and something goes wrong in our lives, we try to justify ourselves and that we did nothing instead of looking toward God to see what we are to learn from our circumstances. We may even blame God in front of others for our misfortunes. God deserves all of our love, praise and obedience and should always be justified, he is God.

Application: I need to stop trying to look as if I do nothing wrong and that I deserve special treatment. I may be better than I was, but I still want to be right at any cost. I need to humble myself before God and others and admit when I’m wrong and when I’m right, God needs to get the glory. All that I have comes from God and others need to know that, because all they have also comes from the same God.

Prayer: My Lord, I thank you for all the many blessings you have given me. Forgive me when I don’t glorify your name in front of others. May my life justify you and not me. May you get all the glory and honor and that this life is lived for you. I love you Lord please guide me each day to do what you desire.