The term vain words carry the idea of empty promises.
Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure and pays with pain; he promises profit and pays with loss; he promises life and pays with death. ~ Lou Nicholes
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery. It is God’s worst enemy and the devil’s best friend. ~ Billy Sunday
But God’s promises are promises you can count on!
Livingstone, in Africa, came to the Zambezi, and wanted to cross. The chief had been mistreated by some treacherous trader and had vowed to kill the next white man who came across. Livingstone, by his fluttering candle, turned to the Bible and read, as always, his evening passage, coming to the promise, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:20). Closing the Book, he said, “It is the word of a gentleman of the strictest and most sacred honor; I will not flee.” He did not flee and was used mightily by God in Central Africa.
The old evangelist of years gone by, Vance Havner, once said, “There are approximately 8,810 promises in the entire Bible. In the Old Testament there are 7,706 and in the New Testament there are 1,104 wonderful promises. Deuteronomy 28 has 133 promises, which is more than any other chapter in the Bible. We’re sitting on the premises when we ought to be standing on the promises!”
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞ Man may let you down; God never will.
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