Scripture of the Day
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 (NKJV)
“Keep Your Word”
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed — Better not to vow than to vow and not pay.
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In a moment of passion, excitement and sometimes confusion, people will make a promise to someone or themselves with full intentions to honor it! It is safe to say that most of our promises are made with our emotions leading the way! You see it in the movies all the time! With bullets flying everywhere, someone will say, “I promise not to let anything happen to you!” This is usually said during an emotional part of the movie to make someone feel safe or ease their suffering!
In an emotional state, we will make all kinds of promises to GOD, with full intentions to honor them . . . later! Go head! Finish this one, “LORD . . . if you get me out of this, I promise to . . .” We promise to stop drinking, smoking, fornicating, lying, stealing, etc. if GOD would just help us one more time! In that moment, we have full intention to keep our word, but GOD knows our hearts! HE doesn’t want us to make emotional promises! HE wants us to keep our word! Make the promise to GOD before you pick up the drink . . . before you light the cigarette . . . before you get in the bed with someone who is not your spouse . . . before you open your mouth to lie. . . before you take what is not yours! Make the promise before, and “Keep Your Word”
Yes it is hard, but in the name of JESUS it is possible! All things are possible through CHRIST who gives us strength! Because it is better not to vow than to vow and not pay!
1 comment:
I've learned that some people will respect you when you keep your word because they know you have integrity and is reliable and dependable. When you make promises to your children, you must keep your word because children don't forget and when a promise is made but not kept, children will show disrespect to you. So when you promise to punish/spank or to give something, KEEP YOUR WORD!!!
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