Be Responsible

The word responsible is defined as being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
Are you responsible in holding a task given to you? Can you finish it? Aren't you going to complain? We, being ordinary people tend to be irresponsible. Even to ourselves, we tend to be irresponsible. Tenth of November last year, Pastor Bernardo tackled his talk on responsibility or being responsible. In his sermon, he pointed out that it is not only in our time that being irresponsible happened. It also happened in the time of King Saul, Adam and Eve and also in the time of the disciple Judah. He encouraged us to be responsible in everything we do.

Today, in our lives, we can compare ourselves to the three names I have mentioned. In the time of Adam and Eve, they were also irresponsible because when God asked why they ate the forbidden fruit, they somehow felt ashamed to face God because of what they have done.Adam told God that it was Eve's fault but then the blame was passed to Eve, she then passed it to the serpent. Aren't they responsible for their mistakes? With their answers, it just proved that they are not responsible enough to take the blame of what they have done. We are like them. We don't take the responsibility of the mistake we have committed. Isn't that irresponsibility? What more if the judgment day comes?

We are people capable of committing mistakes. We are not perfect. But we should also be careful of all the things we do. Being responsible is a very hard task. We can't right away be responsible. We need a lot of time and energy to be responsible. But when you have succeeded in being responsible, you won't regret what you will accomplish. It would make you feel even better towards yourself. It would also make you joyful of what change took place in you.

Remember that we can be responsible if we are only willing to let responsibility take over us. Don't let the demon and its minion take over your life. Let God be the first and foremost, be the king of your life. Remember that being irresponsible will lead you to immaturity. It won't do you any good.

I only hope that we can be responsible enough of our lives that it may go to the right path of life. It may help us discern right from good. Nothing will get lost if we are just going to be responsible. So, pray that you may be responsible and pleasing to God.