The Biggest Loser’s Justification

This season I’ve found myself drawn into the NBC show, The Biggest Loser. At first I thought it might be mocking overweight people but as I watched the show I found it not only hopeful but helpful.

One of the interesting things I’ve noticed about the show how the participants react when they finally hear their weight. If they gained weight or didn’t lose much they might say, “the scale wasn’t good to me today.” Now there are a lot of factors behind why someone might or might not lose weight but why blame the scale? Because if we can justify ourselves with the scale, it can’t be our own fault.

Many of us approach sanctification in the same way. We blame the car for our anger. We blame our finances for our stealing. We find any way we can to justify our actions. As long as we blame someone or something else we will never change because we will never need to change.

When we are confident in Christ for our justification, we no longer have to blame other things or people for our actions. Instead we can own up to the real cause of our failures and begin to make the changes necessary.