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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Have We Kept Our Promises

Have We Kept Our Promises 

When you make a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that shouldest vow and not pay (Ecclesiastes 5:4-5) 

A vow is defined as a solemn promise, one by which a person is bound to act. When we make the decision to be baptized into Christ, we make a transition from walking in the way of the world to walking in newness of life as a new creature in Christ (Romans 6:4, 2 Corinthians 5:17). Now, when we make the decision to walk in newness of life, do we not make some solemn promises to God on that day? 

I know we do not literally say, God I promise…, but I firmly believe that in our heart we make a lot of unspoken promises. A promise that we are going to love and serve him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Mark 12:30). A promise that we are going to live for him, doing whatever he tells us must be done (Philippians 1:21, Galatians 2:20, 1 Corinthians 15:57, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:33, Colossians 3:1-3, Romans 12:1-2, 1 John 2:15-17). A promise that we are going to live our life in a way that will be pleasing to him (2 Corinthians 5:9, 1 John 3:18-22, Revelation 2:10). 

 We promise to give Him the best of our gifts, of which the best gift of all is ourself (2 Corinthians 8:1-5, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20). This promise also includes time, talents and money. We promise to give Him the best of our labors (Matthew 5:16, Luke 10:7, 1 Corinthians 15:57). I suppose that in all this I am in a feeble way trying to emphasize that walking in newness of life, becoming a new creature in Christ carries the thought of making a rock-solid commitment to God, letting him have full possession of our life, yielding every member to him (Romans 6:11-19, Romans 12:1-2) and aren't all the spoken and unspoken promises we make to him wrapped up in this commitment?  

 Now the big question is: Have we, are we faithfully keeping the spoken as well the unspoken promises we make to God. Over the years of preaching, teaching bible classes and writing weekly bible thoughts, I have many times felt so limited in my abilities. Often I have wished that I had the ability to reach down deep into my soul and find the words to speak or write that would be so powerful they would move all who heard or read them to do everything within their power to make their journey to eternity a safe one—I do not have that ability but I can tell you that if we fail to keep the promises we make to God, whether spoken or unspoken, it will cost us dearly when one day we exit this world and enter the world that will never end (Eccl. 12:13-14, 2 Cor. 5:10).

 Charles Hicks

 

 

 

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