From Marketplace Meditations devotional:
August 16 Fulfilling Vows
References: -->Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
Have you ever had a business relationship with someone who made a commitment but later said, "Well, things changed, so I cannot honor our original agreement." Sometimes this may be the case, but often it is simply an opportunity to avoid fulfilling an agreement. God is big on fulfilling vows. God's nature is righteousness and truth. You will always see God honor His Word. He expects the same of His people.
God says there are consequences when we do not fulfill our vows. Subsequent Scripture verses reveal the following:
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake." Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God (Ecclesiastes 5:5-7).
God tells us that He will destroy the work of our hands for failure to fulfill vows. That's pretty strong language. It gives us an indication of how important fulfilling vows is to God. He will not prosper our work if there are unfulfilled vows in our lives.
Are there any unfulfilled vows in your life that may be hindering your projects? Vows show up in many areas of our lives-marriages, businesses, personal friendships. Unfulfilled vows in any one of these could be the reason your work may be hindered.
Ask God today if there are any unfulfilled vows in your life. If so, begin today to make them right so that you may be successful in whatever God calls you to do.
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Just earlier today, DH and I were talking about how angry the owner of his previous company has made us. And we keep trying to think of a way to let everyone know that his business is dishonest and how they treat their employees, etc. Today, I told DH that we should just let God handle it. That it can't be long before his business goes under do to lack of sales in ALL areas and the high turnover rate. There is so much that just gleams "failing business". And if we see it, odds are others see it too.
So who are we to project our anger and dislike out on someone else. It almost becomes a pride issue. Like we are too good to deserve something like this. Who is this person that he thinks he can just treat all these people wrong and fire them and rip them off. We need to do something about this...STOP...NO...God will do something about this. It is not our job to judge or bring judgement on someone else. His day will come...as this nice little devotion states. Unfortunately, it couldn't come too soon in our eyes right now. But, that angst will pass...I know it will.
5 comments:
That was a good post! It kinda goes along with sowing and reaping, which is a Bible principle. He will reap what he sows. I'm still praying for you guys and God WILL take care of this!
Sorry to hear about the "excitement" in your lives recently. I will keep you in my prayers.
You are such a strong person to realize that God will do something about this and it is not necessary for you to. Most people would immediately want vengeance, it takes a strong person to step aside from that.
Sorry to hear about all of the ups and downs with your hubby's old job!!! That must have been really stressfull. I am sure he will get something soon that he enjoys and that is stable!!!
The story about Josie and the the makeup was just adorable. It sounds like you have a little girly, girl on your hands. I can't wait to discover if Mia is like that or not!!!
Have a good week and I will keep you guys in my prayers!!!
You have a beautiful heart. Thank you for sharing yourself with us in this post. I pray things are better now.
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