Today’s Devotional Written By A Young Woman That Is A Keeper Of God’s Promises In Her Heart: Tracy Koweh
Promise Keeper or Breaker?
Titus 1:2 (New Living Translation)
2 This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began.
Today’s message in the music comes from Dru Hill’s “Never Make a Promise”. The chorus of the song says: You told me what you wanted, I gave you what you needed. I told ya that I'd love you, make it good for you and me. I never make a promise that I can't keep, that ain't me.
This past weekend while cleaning my house, I accidentally added this song to my playlist of music I listen to, to help the time go by. Well, the words in this song instantly arrested my spirit. The Holy Spirit said to me in such a calming, loving, and quiet voice, “that describes me, EXACTLY how I am”. We call out our daily wish list to God with no full understanding of what “being blessed” with it all could really mean. Then God answers our prayers, but sometimes it’s as if He hadn’t heard a word we prayed. Now I understand, that although we ask for what we want, He gives us what we need. The old school church use to say, “He may not come when you want Him, but He’s always on time.”
The last part of the chorus reminds me of God, because He never makes a promise He can’t or won’t keep. So many times in our lives, we promise our time, our love, our finances, our support or something else precious to us, only to later break our vow. We speak words that are packed with meaning, but no real feeling or commitment is attached to them. If God gave up on His promises to us, like we do to our family, friends, jobs, responsibilities, or most importantly God the Father Himself ……………..where oh where would we be.
Today as we prepare to begin another week, let us become promise keepers and not promise breakers. Let us not speak words that sound good, but produce no real fruit. Be who you truly are, say what you truly mean and be about the Father’s business. If He says it’s so, its so. If He promises it to you, then it’s yours. Like the song, He can’t lie…………..”that ain’t Him”, so don’t let it be you.
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