Topic: FAKE PROMISES
& SCALES
Memorise: Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination
to the LORD. Proverbs 20:10
Bible Text: 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 darknes
s 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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