WORSHIP AND TRUTH

 WORSHIP AND TRUTH

Ps. 15:1,4c Who may worship in your sanctuary, LORD? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? …..and who keep their promises even when it hurts. NLT

It’s not always easy to keep your word, is it? We sometimes make promises with good intentions, but something happens that makes keeping our promises difficult. It’s easy to keep our word when things are easy for us, but it is far more difficult when keeping our word puts us into difficult or awkward situations.

How we keep our word reflects on the condition of our hearts. A person of integrity will not let circumstances dictate how they live. If we are right with God we will strive to do always what is right to God at all times. God is Truth and commands us to be a people of truth as well. Doing what we say should be a natural part of who we are. We should always strive to keep our promises to both God and man. Our failure to do so prevents us from drawing close to God.

Consider this today: How many times have you made a promise to either God or man and failed to keep it? What is the usual reason for failures? Does it concern you at all when you fail? Or, how many times have you failed to tell the truth because it would put you in a bad situation, hurt someone’s feelings, or make you look bad? We hesitate and often to tell the truth, even though we know we should and it’s what God requires of us.

Ask the Lord to forgive you where you have failed Him in this area of your life and ask the Lord to help you do a better job of keeping your word and telling the truth. Ask Him to help you from this moment forward to always be a truth-teller. It will certainly help you in your walk with Him.