FAKE
PROMISES & SCALES
Memorise:
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the
LORD. Proverbs 20:10
Read:
Proverbs 20:7-10, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles 26:1-28:8, Luke
19:11-40
It is unfortunate that some people make
promises and don’t bother to keep them. This is one area that requires
restitution. Broken promises can stand against you in eternity. This is why you
should not make a promise you are not prepared to keep. Politicians easily fall
prey here. When they are campaigning for votes, they will promise heaven and
earth, but after their election, may of them fail to live up to their promises.
If you are a child of God and a politician, let people know the difference
between light and darkness by making sure you fulfil your promises. One of the
characters of a person who will enjoy the ever-abiding presence of God and make
heaven is keeping of promises. Psalm 15:1&4b says:
“LORD,
who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill… He that
sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.”
There is a user of this devotional: you
have made several promises to individuals and even to the Church of God
but failed to keep them. Your inability to fulfil them is keeping back certain
promises made to you from being fulfilled. If you can repent and fulfil your
pending promises, the door will be opened to promises made to you to be
fulfilled.
Closely allied to the issue of
trustworthiness is the use of fake weights and measures, especially in trading
activities. Some people beat in their measuring cups so that they can make more
profit. That is fraudulent. Believers should not manipulate their instruments,
but measure accurately. Serve completely and charge for it. Sell a full cup of
the full amount and not ¾ of a cup for the full amount. You cannot be asking
for God’s blessings and be doing what He hates. Proverbs 11:1 says:
“A
false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.”
Just as individuals offend here, so also
do governments and government agencies. For instance, any government agency
making people pay for services not rendered is fraudulent and destroying
itself. One way this happens is through the use of fixed estimates by power
companies. When a person’s monthly consumption of energy is 200 units, why must
such a person be compelled to pay for 300 or more units? This is serious fraud.
This also applies to fuel (gas) stations. Some of them tamper with their meters
so that instead of the requested quantity being delivered, fewer litres are
dispensed for the same price. They believe people will not know, but what about
God? In any way you are delivering below what is expected of you or your
organisation, repent and return the difference to the owners before it is too
late.
Key
point
Whatever
is not originally yours that you take from others by deceit can never truly add
to you.
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True talk you are ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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