No Excuses

Psalm 141:4---Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins. With men that work iniquity: and I will not communicate with the choicest of them.

Excuse---attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify. We must never make excuses for any part of our life. When we make excuses we essentially avoid focusing on the present or future as we shirk our responsibility in the present. We often make excuses when we falter. Instead of telling the truth about our mistakes and miscues while pushing ahead, we instead cook up useless reasons, called excuses, about what caused the mistake. If we make excuses, we never come to grips with what we did to cause the mistake. We must come to grips with what needs fixing and what we need to do today or tomorrow to avoid the mistake in the future. Not making excuses enables us to be aggressive, flexible, and forward thinking. Making excuses stops our being aggressive because making excuses immediately stops us from actively pursuing solutions, goals and objectives. Making excuses reduces our ability to be flexible in dealing with circumstances or situations. Making excuses freezes us in one place (the past) while the excuse is being made. Making excuses keeps us from being forward thinking because while we are making excuses we are looking back at the past and giving useless reasons why the past was like it was.