Excuse/Justification

Something I have been thinking about lately is why people, especially myself, are always making excuses and trying to justify themselves and others. Unfortunately, so often instead of doing my quiet times and spending time in the Word or in prayer I make excuses and then find other things to do and try to justify the other things that I am doing. The other day I went to a couple of our youth's baseball game and while I was there myself and one of the mom's got to talking to another couple of families about the Summit church and all I continued to hear were excuses to why they could not go to church and how they really wanted to go to church there but that they just couldn't do but it was ok because they had baseball tournaments and they would sometimes listen to the sermons online. Trust me, I am far from perfect but when we begin to make excuses and begin to justify our actions or the actions of others then that right there is a key sign that we are in the wrong already. Think about it, when you begin to justify why you are doing something you are usually already doing something wrong! Honestly take a moment and think about a time where you were justifying the things you were doing and the actions of others. I can almost guarantee that each time you were already sinning before you tried to justify it. We have to stop making excuses and stop trying to justify ourselves and realize that we are sinners and allow for Christ to be our justification to the Father, for he substituted His life and died the death I deserve so that I can be in relationship with God. Confess your sins, trust in Christ, and spread His name throughout the ends of the earth. Are you still making excuses?