Why Are You Beat Up and Standing Against the Wall?

In all the years that I have spoken to people about their dreams, I run into common phrases. Phrases such as, "Oh the enemy has really been 'beating me up'" (meaning that you are broke, sick or depressed, or ... well, you get it.)

Or when being beat up by 'the enemy' isn't going to work, there's the phrase, "I'm just waiting on God." Really? What are you waiting for? How will you know when He has arrived? Are you expecting a certified letter covered in angel dust to arrive?

Both of these answers are the most common that I hear - especially with church folk.
Why?
1. It puts the blame on another party (the ‘enemy’ or God)
2. It appears very pious and religious. Self made martyrs really like this.
3. Isn’t that what everyone says?

The problem with programmed responses like this is that it allows the excuse to leave the mouth without checking the heart or filtering it through the brain for analysis. The question is – if it is the devil’s fault, or God’s fault – where are YOU in the equation? We have to take responsibility for our own choices before we can move forward. Otherwise, we just spin our wheels endlessly sitting in the blame buggy wondering why we aren’t getting anywhere.