3/28/2021
Matthew 5:37 "Let what you say be simply 'Yes" or 'No' all else comes from the evil one."
Confession time. A few months ago I agreed to help someone with a project. It is something very important and personal to them, so I was honored to be included in the small group of people providing feedback. I was initially excited and started strong, and then I began letting the things of every day life get in the way of my commitment. She, I reasoned, had a few other people that would be involved so my procrastination would not be too big a deal. Then I heard that many of these people also let their commitment to her project slide in their own lives. She had become discouraged and started wondering if she should even continue. I felt so awful that I had let her down. I apologized and renewed my commitment to her, telling her that I would carve out some time in my day to focus on the project. She was very grateful.
As a believer I need to be more careful with taking on things that may be a bit too time consuming, but I also need to keep my word when I do make a promise. I know that I have certainly been disappointed when others have not kept their word to me. As a believer and follower of Jesus, I am called to always be a person of integrity in word and deed. Colossians 3:23, "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."
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