Proverbs 19:1-15
When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin,
Proverbs 19:3
his heart rages against the LORD.
Does that not describe the human race? Ever since Adam and Eve we’ve shirked responsibility and shifted blame: “The woman whom You gave me… The serpent deceived me…” (Gen. 3:12-13) Whenever we make a mistake, our first instinct seems to be to look for someone else to point the finger at. (By the way, you do not need to teach children to do this. It comes quite naturally!) And the bigger the mess, the bigger the target of the finger pointing — until we screw up so badly that the only target “big” enough is the LORD Himself.
That is where most get stuck, but, thankfully, the Lord is not content to leave the entire human race in this lunacy. He provides us a way to escape through confession (i.e., accepting responsibility), repentance, and faith in Jesus, who carried all the raging of our hearts to the Cross.