Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

While seeking a word on responsibility the only verse in the ESV where that word appears is in Exodus 38:21 where a command is given, responsibility assigned and directions given.

Between the command and the direction there is the burden of responsibility. When chosen each individual has a duty to the commander to live up to the expectations of faithful service.

This is a spiritual concept that assumes that responsibilities are passed down from God to HIs children for the furtherance of Kingdom living.

In the world responsibilities are thrust upon us by authorities that are not God and in many cases we take on responsibilities of our own choosing. Life in the world is full of such examples.

When we buy a house we take on a mortgage where the command is to repay the bank the money lent. We all know that it is not just that simple. The house holds value and must meet or exceed the responsibilities of paying off the loan if the owner should default for any reason. Upkeep and insurance become attached to the responsibility of the buyer.

Life is like that in that when we take on responsibilities for ourselves we do not always understand what burdens will appear that we did not take into consideration. Without getting political with these thoughts is very difficult because this is after all living in the world, not the Kingdom.

Every responsibility that is not met drags down the very fabric of society. Neglect creates a void that will be filled because nature abhors a vacuum. When a responsibility is sherked the one that failed is no longer able to determine how that void is filled. Evil is as likely to find its way in as goodness might.

If we who are in Christ look to the Lord for direction we will discover responsibilities of His choosing and avoid the mistakes we made in the past by seeking only to please ourselves.

Ephesians 6:7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

1 Corinthians 7:17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

“That the Lord has assigned.”

Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Yesterday is gone and there is nothing that can be done to change what has happened.

Lamentations 3:22-24 English Standard Version

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a] his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

Footnotes

1. Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off

We have today because of His steadfast love. Yesterday is gone and we cannot relive it and to mourn it changes nothing.

Do we perceive the way to go in this wilderness we live in today? This is not our home. We are strangers in a foreign land, sojourners just traveling through time. The Lord does not wish us to live in regret and has given us a new beginning each morning, a gift to be cherished.

Is the Lord our portion or not? If He is, then why do we hope in anything else?

We live in this world that is corrupt and destitute of all hope in the kindness of mankind. They use, consume and build nothing but monuments in their own image. Vanities of vanities, it all crumbles in the end, waste and destruction that cannot outlast time’s corrosive nature.

We are living in the time of the prophecies and we cannot change them nor can we make them happen before their time. As much as we would like to see some of them happen in our lifetime, today is not ours to make but only to walk in according to the Way we are to walk.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Walk by faith in the Way set before us, in the truth that only He can reveal, in this life that He has made for us.

Anything else is vanity and vexation of spirit.