Ahab sees, the Bible says, Elijah, and what does he do? He does what most of us do. What does he do when he is convicted? What does he do when he is called on the carpet? He does what we do! He points the finger of blame! “It’s you, you troubler of Israel!” Look at verse eighteen. “You’re the problem Elijah. It’s your fault!”
What happens when you are convicted? What happens when you are confronted? What happens when the Holy Spirit of God taps you on the shoulder and reminds you of your rebellion? What do you do? I wish we could say, “I know what I’d do, I’d just say, ‘God, thank you, you’re right, I’m wrong and is there….’” That’s not what we do. Usually our first response is to blame others. “It’s your fault! It’s your fault! It’s your deal!”
Think about the whole realm of psychotherapy. I think Christian counseling is great when it comes from the biblical baseline. But, if it comes from secular humanism, it’s a bunch of baloney. Basically, it’s a complex system that looks for a place to pin the blame. “Yeah, I’m the way I am because of my mommy, my daddy, and the painters who painted my nursery the wrong color. I’m just going to blame and blame and blame and blame.” We have a bunch of people who are blaming “boomers” and “generation excusers”, a bunch of people who… That was funny; did you get that? I know it’s early in the morning, I have to delay the humor and I try to slow down for the 9:30 a.m. crowd, but you’d really help me if you’d kind of respond now and then. Because that mistake was not just off the cuff, get it? Blaming “boomers”, that’s baby boomers who blame and generation excusers, always excusing….Okay. Whoa!
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