TGIF Today God Is First, by Os Hillman
Have you ever had a business relationship with someone who made a commitment but later said, "Well, things changed, so I cannot honor our original agreement."? Sometimes this may be the case, but often it is simply an opportunity to avoid fulfilling an agreement. God is big on fulfilling vows. God's nature is righteousness and truth. You will always see God honor His Word. He expects the same of His people.
God says there are consequences when we do not fulfill our vows. Subsequent Scripture verses reveal the following:
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake." Why should God be angry with what you say and destroy the work of your hands? Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God" (Ecclesiastes 5:5-7).
God tells us that He will destroy the work of our hands for failure to fulfill vows. That's pretty strong language. It gives us an indication of how important fulfilling vows is to God. He will not prosper our work if there are unfulfilled vows in our lives
Are there any unfulfilled vows in your life that may be hindering your projects? Vows show up in many areas of our lives - marriages, businesses, personal friendships. Unfulfilled vows in any one of these could be the reason your work may be hindered.
Ask God today if there are any unfulfilled vows in your life. If so, begin today to make them right so that you may be successful in whatever God calls you to do.
1 comment:
When I finished reading it, the first thing that came to my mind was: I wonder what vows I'm not fufilling that are hindering my success? It's good to evaluate whether or not I'm keeping my word, but when I stopped to think about it, that is the wrong motivation.
I shouldn't want to keep my word because I will be rewarded. I should want to keep my word because it brings glory to God.
It's like these Lotto 649 commercials on the radio, "always be nice to people who play lotto 649", where there some guy/girl being a jerk to everyone, but goes out of their way to be nice to someone who has the potential to reward them monetarialy.
Maybe I'm misinterpretting that "work" means "job".
I suppose that more importantly, my spiritual work would definitely be hindered if I were unable to keep my word to God.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this Sue.
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