Just To Appease Another Person….

Do you ever say something just to appease another person? Some would see this as a sign of being respectful. It may look like we are being selfless and taking the other person into consideration. But in reality it’s the opposite, it’s being selfish. We are making promises that we have no intention on keeping. God takes this seriously. Read any OT book. You’ll find oaths are always, always, taken seriously. Jesus even tells us to simply say “yes or no”, not to make promises, especially ones we can’t keep. The next time you find yourself in a situation you’d rather not be in, instead of making a flippant promise, or saying something you don’t mean just to satisfy the recipient, say nothing. Or better yet, speak truth. You’ll find that when you don’t make promises to others that you have no intention of keeping, you’ll leave the situation in a better mind set, one that will allow you to sleep well at night. When you get away from the situation, pray and ask God to give you wisdom. So the next time the situation arises, you’ll be armed with the exact words you need to speak, knowing it’s from God Himself. We do have a choice in this life. And one of them is to live proactively, instead of reactively. Makes sense?

5 It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it. 6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and He might wipe out everything you have achieved.7 Talk is cheap, like daydreams and other useless activities. Fear God instead. Ecclesiastes 5:5-7