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WHEN VOWS ARE MADE!
SATURDAY, JUNE 29
Leviticus 27
Ecclesiastes 5:4-6
“But let your communication be,
Yea, yea; Nay, nay…”
WHEN VOWS ARE MADE!
Making vows is part of life. Christians are encouraged to make vows whenever they have to. They make vows when they join the military for national service. Vows are made when they become members of a local church or when they marry. A vow is also made when one joins a company for work. Although called by a different name (“contract”), it is still a vow to a Christian. He vows to God to be a holy witness for Christ where the LORD has opened a door for him to begin his new phase of life, his working life.
As children of the God who cannot lie, we must also not lie. Our word must be our bond. If people cannot trust what we say on a daily basis, how can they trust the Gospel of Christ (that gives them life) which we share with them? That is why it is very important that we keep our word, and let our yes be yes and our no be no. Jesus says that this is part of the new experience of a Christian. Matthew 5:37: “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.” When we are able to keep our word daily, then it is also safe to say that we will keep our vows too. When we are truthful in the least, we will also be truthful in the much. Vows must not be made unadvisedly but always reverently and with the fear of God in our hearts. The LORD’s holy Name is at stake, for all believers bear His name everywhere we go. If we lie, people will think that God is a liar. Therefore, vows must be made judiciously and rightly. It is better not to vow than to make one and not keep it. Vows must be kept to the best of our ability all the time. Ecclesiastes 5:4-6: “When thou vowest a vow unto 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 thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 26:15-16
PRAYER: Help me, Father, to keep my word and mean what I say and say what I mean, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.