21/08/2026
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 | 𝗔𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝗿𝗼. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼 𝗚.
"𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗦"
🔸Excuses began with the first sin ever committed.
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟯:𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟯 𝗡𝗜𝗩
"𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, ...'𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢?' 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, '𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚—𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙩.' 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣, '𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚?' 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, '𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙩𝙚."
The Bible teaches us not to make excuses for sin or disobedience. James 1:13-15 reminds us that temptation comes from our own desires. When God calls us, He expects obedience—not excuses.
Why do we make excuses? Sometimes, giving an excuse feels more convenient than being faithful. However, it's important to remember that we are not called to take the easy path in our walk as Christians.
𝟏. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
Jeremiah 1:6-8 — Jeremiah responded, "I do not know how to speak; I am too young." But God told him not to say that he was too young and promised, "I am with you and will rescue you."
Exodus 4:10-12 — Moses felt inadequate because he was "slow of speech and tongue," but God reminded him that He would be with him and help him speak.
🔸𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔.
𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.
Another excuse is, "The timing isn't right." Jeremiah thought he was too young and inexperienced, but God told him, "Do not say, 'I am too young'" and assured him, "I am with you" (Jeremiah 1:7-8).
Ecclesiastes 3:1 — "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."
Psalm 119:60 — "I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands."
🔸𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
🔸𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚, "𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓," 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.
𝟑. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲.
Sometimes we make excuses because we are afraid of the risks involved in following God. Jeremiah knew that his message would bring opposition and persecution. Peter also faced risk when he stepped out of the boat to walk toward Jesus (Matthew 14:22-33). Yet faith requires us to trust God even when obedience takes us beyond our comfort zone.
2 Timothy 1:7 also reminds us, "For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."
🔸𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌, 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓—𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
The excuses may sound different, but they often come from the same places: fear, comfort, insecurity, laziness, and a desire to remain in control. Moses said he could not speak. Jeremiah felt too young. Peter faced the risk of stepping out of the boat. Yet God repeatedly showed that obedience is not dependent on our perfection or ability. What matters is whether we are willing to trust Him.
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.
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"𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗦"
🔸Excuses began with the first sin ever committed.
𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟯:𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟯 𝗡𝗜𝗩
"𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, ...'𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢?' 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, '𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚—𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙩.' 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣, '𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚?' 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, '𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙖𝙩𝙚."
The Bible teaches us not to make excuses for sin or disobedience. James 1:13-15 reminds us that temptation comes from our own desires. When God calls us, He expects obedience—not excuses.
Why do we make excuses? Sometimes, giving an excuse feels more convenient than being faithful. However, it's important to remember that we are not called to take the easy path in our walk as Christians.
𝟏. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
Jeremiah 1:6-8 — Jeremiah responded, "I do not know how to speak; I am too young." But God told him not to say that he was too young and promised, "I am with you and will rescue you."
Exodus 4:10-12 — Moses felt inadequate because he was "slow of speech and tongue," but God reminded him that He would be with him and help him speak.
🔸𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔.
𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.
Another excuse is, "The timing isn't right." Jeremiah thought he was too young and inexperienced, but God told him, "Do not say, 'I am too young'" and assured him, "I am with you" (Jeremiah 1:7-8).
Ecclesiastes 3:1 — "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."
Psalm 119:60 — "I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands."
🔸𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
🔸𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚, "𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓," 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.
𝟑. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲.
Sometimes we make excuses because we are afraid of the risks involved in following God. Jeremiah knew that his message would bring opposition and persecution. Peter also faced risk when he stepped out of the boat to walk toward Jesus (Matthew 14:22-33). Yet faith requires us to trust God even when obedience takes us beyond our comfort zone.
2 Timothy 1:7 also reminds us, "For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline."
🔸𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌, 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓—𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧:
The excuses may sound different, but they often come from the same places: fear, comfort, insecurity, laziness, and a desire to remain in control. Moses said he could not speak. Jeremiah felt too young. Peter faced the risk of stepping out of the boat. Yet God repeatedly showed that obedience is not dependent on our perfection or ability. What matters is whether we are willing to trust Him.
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.
