If someone asks you to come to church, and you say, "I?ll be there next Sunday", can you be trusted to be there, or do you often break your word? If you are asked to help at church on some project, do you agree to help, but never show up, or come late, hoping the work will be done? Have you promised to meet someone for lunch or perhaps to shop, but, at the last minute, decided you didn't want to go?
Sometimes our answers often reflect what we think a person wants to hear, never realizing that what we say may come back to haunt us. We should never quickly give an answer to the positive, unless we are willing to do what we have promised. When we back down, it makes . . .
We often face things that we don't want to do, or places we don't want to go. But, our answer often tells lots about who we really are.
If someone asks you to come to church, and you say, "I?ll be there next Sunday", can you be trusted to be there, or do you often break your word? If you are asked to help at church on some project, do you agree to help, but never show up, or come late, hoping the work will be done? Have you promised to meet someone for lunch or perhaps to shop, but, at the last minute, decided you didn't want to go?
Sometimes our answers often reflect what we think a person wants to hear, never realizing that what we say may come back to haunt us. We should never quickly give an answer to the positive, unless we are willing to do what we have promised. When we back down, it makes us look bad. It hurts our reputation. People begin to think that they will never be able to put any faith and trust in what we say.
The truth always come out. We may think we will never be found out, but we will. We can make excuses for things we don't do as promised, but, often, that just makes people more unsure of how much we can really be trusted. When you aren't willing to do what someone asks of you, whether it's in your ever day life, or at the church, always be truthful. If you don't want to do it, or won't be able, let them know. It's better to let them know then, rather than making a promise you won't keep.
God's Word is Truth. You can always rely on God to keep His Word, if we are faithful to do the things He has commanded us to do. He won't promise and then not follow through.
2 Corinthians 1:20 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Ephesians 4:25 - Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Copyright 2005 by Barbara Sanders, Empire, AL. Used by permission.
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