Day 19: Promises

"Simply let your 'yes' be 'yes' and your 'no', 'no'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." - Matthew 5: 37

How many times have we gone through our daily existence making promises? Many of us make a proimise that we are goingt o do one thing or another. How can we promise anything? We don't know all of the factors that could affect any situation. We just don't have total control over anything in our lives, although some of us think that we do. That is the problem. We make promise that only God can make.

If we promise that we will see someone tomorrow at 3pm. How do we know if we will be there or not? There is no need to promise. We must just let our yes be yes and our no be no. And then we must or best to live up to the commitment and not the promise. God can make promises because God alone know and controls all of the factors that would affect the promise. I am so glad that God controls things. If I controlled things or if another person controlled things, I am sure things would be messed up so much more than they already are...