Vow ... Not Vowel

Psalm 66:13-14
13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and fulfill my vows to you—
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when I was in trouble.

The "I"'s don't have it.

Vows are something that society has confused with vowels. Our pride is the thing that keeps us from fulfilling our vows. When we let the "I" get involved and only think of the "I" things get messed up. We have fathers/husbands that leave their children/wives that have made vows under God on their wedding day. Why because they don't want to face the responsibilities that marriage has to offer they get too caught up in their self, their "I". There are other kinds of vows people ignore also... vows of celibacy vows of honor... the list goes on. Even pastors today are entering into churches who have taken vows to live a godly lifestyle but somehow get away with not. This saddens me but it's not too late.

In this scripture David, a man who vowed so much to God and then royally messed up to gain earthly treasures and a woman... is remembering now that he had a vow. It is finally coming to his attention that he messed up but he wants to make it right with God. God is a God of second chances. He will allow us to come back to Him broken and humbled and get our life back to where it should be.

God is a God of mercy, He does forgive... but it's not just about repentance and forgiveness. We have a vow to God. When we ask Christ into our hearts we are vowing to serve Him completely and surrender to His will. We are no longer in charge of our own bodies. We are under His authority. If we break that vow we break God's heart. Why wouldn't we want to fully serve Christ after everything He has done for us after He gave His life, after He suffered so terribly. He walked through fire for us so we would be able to avoid the flames of eternal damnation.

What lies behind us now lies behind us, in Christ there is only our future. I have made mistakes in the past where I have not kept vows that I've made to God. Through repentance He has healed me and I continue to walk forward in purity and truth to honor and praise Him.

Remember it is a vow.... not a vowel... so keep the "I" out of it.

Take your vows seriously and everything we should do ... should be done as to God... under Him... for Him. Let's receive the forgiveness and get our lives back on track.

Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.