There is nothing more aggravating than someone who doesn’t follow through on their end of a deal. I know there have been (and probably will be) times where I haven’t kept my word. It makes you feel bad. I ws reading an article on the Boundless website about this very thing. It’s a great article. Here’s a clip;
I’d already done all the work I could do without the deliverable I needed from Bob. If I didn’t get his report, I wasn’t going to be able to finish the project on time. He’d told me that he’d have it for me by the end of the day yesterday, and while he meant well, we all knew that Bob just used words differently. End of the day could just as easily mean end of the week. You simply couldn’t count on the guy to keep verbal commitments.
As nice as he was (he always meant well), everyone in the office was starting to make up excuses to avoid having him as a part of their project team.
Words matter to God. A lot. On keeping promises: “When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay” (Eccles. 5:4-5). Or in Psalm 15, as part of a description of what it means to walk blamelessly, we read of one “who swears to his own hurt and does not change” (meaning he makes good on his word, even if there’s a price to pay). Likewise, Jesus tells us that our simple “yes” and “no” should be sufficient (Matt. 5:37).
Read the article. It’s worth a few minutes of your time.
