ANY PENDING VOWS? – Friday May 5th 2017
Memorise:
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no
pleasure in foots: pay that which thou hast vowed. Ecclesiastes 5:4
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 Suffer
not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the
angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice,
and destroy the work of thine hands?
Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 2-3, Jeremiah 25:34-26:11, Hymn: Sing hymn 14
MESSAGE:
Our
God is a God of faithfulness and He takes vows seriously (Deuteronomy
7:9). In Genesis 28:20-22, Jacob made a vow to the Lord at a time of
distress and uncertainty in his life. Twenty years later, after the Lord
had prospered Him, the Lord reminded him of the vow he had made unto
Him (Genesis 31:13). Later, the Lord reminded him yet again of his vow
and instructed him to move on from where he was to the place where he
would fulfil his vow (Genesis 35:1-6). It does not matter how long ago
you made a vow, God doesn’t forget!
“When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.”
Ecclesiastes 5:4
One
of the lessons from the above passage is that you are not compelled to
make a vow to God. Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Friday 4 May 2017:-Any
pending vows? However, if you do, don’t delay in redeeming it, or else
God will regard you as a fool. It is important to know that in life;
what comes or doesn’t come to you will be largely determined by your
spiritual standing or status before God. If God sees you as righteous,
He will release all the blessings reserved for the righteous upon you,
as long as you ask Him. In other words, if your status before God is
that of a righteous fellow, God will treat you with respect. He will
treat you like he would treat His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who
accorded you that righteous standing. However, if you violate His words
and that lingers, it can definitely affect your spiritual status and
change the way God relates with you. For instance, if you fail to pay
your vow after so long a time, your status is changed from that of a
righteous person to that of a fool. Eventually, you lose the honour,
respect and royal treatment God accords to the righteous. Why? It is
because a fool denies the existence of God (Psalms 14:1). In other
words, if you believe God exists and is aware of you vow, you would
hurriedly redeem it. When you do not pay your vow to Him, you are saying
that God does not exist, and this puts you into the same category as
King Nebuchadnezzar, who in Daniel 3:15 pompously asked, “Who is that
God that can deliver you from my hands?” When God is thrown such a
challenge, whether verbally, in thought or through actions, He is forced
to accept the challenge and to prove His existence. Vow defaulters call
for God’s divine hammer to fall on them. Open heavens 2017. Some people
make a vow or pledge to God, yet one or two months after God has kept
part, they are still dilly-dallying on fulfilling their vow. Are you
defaulting in your vows to the Lords? Ask God for forgiveness and
immediately set out to redeem them.
Action Point
Take stock of all your pending vows and take steps to redeem them today!
Open Heaven Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye,
The
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries. 
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