ANY PENDING VOWS? – Friday May 5th 2017
Memorise: When thou vowest a vow unto God,
defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in foots: pay that which thou hast
vowed. Ecclesiastes 5:4
Read: Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 (King James
Version)
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When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure
in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not
pay.
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Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the
angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and
destroy the work of thine hands?
Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 2-3, Jeremiah
25:34-26:11, Hymn: Sing hymn 14
MESSAGE
Our God is a God of faithfulness and He takes vows seriously
(Deuteronomy 7:9). In Genesis 28:20-22, Jacob made a vow to the Lord at a time
of distress and uncertainty in his life. Twenty years later, after the Lord had
prospered Him, the Lord reminded him of the vow he had made unto Him (Genesis
31:13). Later, the Lord reminded him yet again of his vow and instructed him to
move on from where he was to the place where he would fulfil his vow (Genesis
35:1-6). It does not matter how long ago you made a vow, God doesn’t forget!
“When thou vowest a vow unto
God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou
hast vowed.” Ecclesiastes
5:4
One of the lessons from the above passage is that you are not
compelled to make a vow to God. Open Heavens Devotional 2017
Friday 4 May 2017:-Any pending vows? However, if you do, don’t delay in
redeeming it, or else God will regard you as a fool. It is important to know
that in life; what comes or doesn’t come to you will be largely determined by
your spiritual standing or status before God. If God sees you as righteous, He
will release all the blessings reserved for the righteous upon you, as long as
you ask Him. In other words, if your status before God is that of a righteous
fellow, God will treat you with respect. He will treat you like he would treat
His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who accorded you that righteous standing.
However, if you violate His words and that lingers, it can definitely affect
your spiritual status and change the way God relates with you. For instance, if
you fail to pay your vow after so long a time, your status is changed from that
of a righteous person to that of a fool. Eventually, you lose the honour,
respect and royal treatment God accords to the righteous. Why? It is because a
fool denies the existence of God (Psalms 14:1). In other words, if you believe
God exists and is aware of you vow, you would hurriedly redeem it. When you do
not pay your vow to Him, you are saying that God does not exist, and this puts
you into the same category as King Nebuchadnezzar, who in Daniel 3:15 pompously
asked, “Who is that God that can deliver you from my hands?” When God is thrown
such a challenge, whether verbally, in thought or through actions, He is forced
to accept the challenge and to prove His existence. Vow defaulters call for
God’s divine hammer to fall on them. Open heavens 2017. Some people make a vow or pledge to
God, yet one or two months after God has kept part, they are still
dilly-dallying on fulfilling their vow. Are you defaulting in your vows to the
Lords? Ask God for forgiveness and immediately set out to redeem them.
Action Point
Take stock of all your pending vows and take steps to redeem
them today!
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