Keep your word

"Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, “This is what the Lord has commanded. If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth." Numbers 30:1,2

In the past four months, Izaic Yorks, a senior at the University of Washington, has run personal bests at four distances, including the mile (3:53.89). That mile was the third-fastest in NCAA indoor history and best ever by an American collegian. With his sights now set on the Olympic trials, he explained why he was working so hard. Many years ago, while watching the 2008 Olympics with his handicapped sister, she told him that she would really like to go there one day. His response? "I’d always been good at running and had at least some talent for it, even though I wasn’t competing yet, and so I told her at that moment that I’d do everything that I could to take her there, to the Olympics. And for me, ever since, that promise has been what’s driven me through all the adversity in the sport and driven me to get better."

Talk about someone who took a promise seriously! You know the bible tells us that making a vow or promise to God or someone else is not something to be taken lightly or done with no intention of fulfilling. In the book of Numbers, Moses reminded the people that their promises to God and others must be kept saying that when a man makes a vow "he shall not break his word" and "shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth". In those times, people didn't sign a written contract but knew their word was just as binding.  Not fulfilling an oath led to broken trust and damaged reputations and relationships. Our time is no different you know. A broken promise is still as harmful today as it was then.

So let us today keep every promise we make and only make promises we can keep. Let us be known as people who keep their word to others and especially to God.

Heavenly Father, please help us to see the importance of keeping our word, of doing the things we vow to do that we might be found faithful, upstanding and true. Help us to follow your example as you have never broken a promise. It's in your precious name we pray, Jesus. Amen. 

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Your promises - Elevation Worship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NkuQHUta4

http://www.runnersworld.com/college/aspiring-olympian-seeks-to-deliver-on-promise-to-his-sister