Key Verse: Verse 2 – “Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.”
Have you ever made a commitment and then asked yourself, “Why did I say that?” It happens quite frequently to all of us.
Remember the television commercial with the guy talking on the phone saying, “I can do that. I can do that. I can do that.”? Then he hangs up and says, “How can I do all that?”
Maybe we need to follow the advice of Nancy Reagan and “just say no.”
It is an honorable thing to have a desire to help others, but it is never honorable to over-commit and not fulfill our promise. It is not honorable to over-commit to things that require we neglect our faithfulness to God and God’s House.
W.A. Criswell tells of an ambitious young man who told his pastor he had promised God a tithe of his income. They prayed for God to bless his career. At that time, he was making $40.00 per week and tithing $4.00. In a few years his income increased and he was tithing $500.00 per week. He called on the pastor to see if he could be released from his tithing promise. It was too costly now. The pastor replied, "I don’t see how you can be released from your promise, but we can ask God to reduce your income to $40.00 a week, then you’d have no problem tithing $4.00."
We should all choose our words carefully for tomorrow we have to fulfill them.
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Do what you say you will do.
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