Keeper Of Our Words!!
Sitting on the front porch this morning, in my favorite chair, listening to the sound of a multitude of birds. All making different sounds but blending together in harmony, beginning the day with morning songs.
No wonder the Lord used so many things around Himself, to share stories or thoughts to make a point. Sometimes we would get it a right away and at other times, we have to ponder on it, dwell on it and then the Spirit of the Lord will reveal it and all of a sudden the light of our mind will go on and we say, I got it, I understand and then we wonder, “Lord can it really be that simple?”
And often times the Lord will let us know it is that simple. That we have a tendency to complicate things rather than trusting and simply taking the Lord at His word.
One of the the things I feel the Lord speaking to me this morning is the issue of words, of the things we speak, the promises that we make.
Are we a people of our word? Are we a people that keep our promises? Can others count on the word that we speak? That they know that when we speak, make a promise, that they know that it will be done or will they say when we walk away, “I have heard that before, I will believe it when I see it!”
I am finding more and more that it is better to say if I can be there, I will be there, or I will see what I can do, rather than saying all right I will be there, I will do that. Because to give our word and not do it leaves a bad taste, a bad witness concerning the words that we speak.
I can look back over my life and I see how many times I have fallen short, but I have also seen over the last two and a half years how the Lord has changed that in my life. God gave me a wake up call.
What I am saying this morning is let us be a people of our words, of the things we speak, let us fulfill that which proceeds from our mouth. If we say we will pray, let us pray, not say we will do it, and because we didn’t write it down, it becomes a lost memory, a lost promise, better yet, let us pray right then and there or even as we are going about the day to lift that before the Lord while it is fresh on our mind.
When we say we will be somewhere, then let us be there, follow through, and if we are not sure, let us say, if possible I will be there, that way we do not offend that friend, that brother or sister in the Lord and we don’t want to end up with a reputation that people will not trust our words.
The same with our Father. Let us learn to keep our word, our promises. Allow Him to teach us to be a people of our word and His word.
Let us be keepers of our word. Let our families, our children, our friends see us as those who keep our word, that they can count on our yes to be a yes and our no, to be no.
That we this day will keep our words, our vows, to fulfill that which we have spoken, especially that which we have spoken as representatives of the Lord!
Till later,
Paul