Am I responsible for myself? If I am at an infant level of relational maturity, I will feel that someone else is responsible for me and my needs. If I am at a child level of relational maturity, I will feel that someone else has most of the authority and responsibility is still in their hands since they haven’t given me more authority. As I become a relationally mature adult I find that I often have more responsibilities than I wish to have. With added authority, comes more responsibilities. As I look at the list of responsibilities below I will most likely find missing puzzle pieces that I need to put into place in order to make my life puzzle complete.
As a relationally mature adult, just what are some of my responsibilities? NOTE; Responsibilities are action verbs, meaning that I must do something or it doesn’t happen correctly, in a healthy way, or it doesn’t happen at all. This is not a “how to” list. Each of these responsibilities has a “how do I do it” list of it’s own. Make your list of what you have done, or still need to do as you go through this list.!
I am responsible for myself.. I can’t blame anyone else.Matt.6:7,8
I am responsible for my salvation and my walk with Jesus. John3:3,16,17
I am responsible for my relational maturity and continued maturing process. 1Cor.13:11
I am responsible for loving you. John15:9-17
I am responsible for being lovingly involved in my home and family life. Eph.5:15-6:4
I am responsible for being involved in my church and community. Col.3:12-17
I am responsible for being involved in my state and nation. 2Ch.7:14
I won’t let this list overwhelm me. It gives me something to mature in and work on in finding and filling in my life puzzle. I won’t fall into the child level maturity trap of “well God has all the authority and will do whatever He wants anyway so I don’t need to do anything.” God is very much a relational God who works with us throughout all of our life time.!