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Keeping your word seems like a clich\u00e9. Everyone knows that good people do what they say they will do. That is true in theory, but is it true in real life? Do we let outside influences contaminate our decision to keep our word? Is keeping our word relative?  Let us start with a story told by Jesus in Matthew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matthew 20: 1-15<\/a><\/strong>, \u201c\u201cFor the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay the normal daily wage[a] and sent them out to work. \u201cAt nine o\u2019clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o\u2019clock he did the same thing. \u201cAt five o\u2019clock that afternoon, he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, \u2018Why haven\u2019t you been working today?\u2019 \u201cThey replied, \u2018Because no one hired us.\u2019 \u201cThe landowner told them, \u2018Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.\u2019 \u201cThat evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. When those hired at five o\u2019clock were paid, each received a full day\u2019s wage. When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day\u2019s wage. When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, \u2018Those people worked only one hour, and yet you\u2019ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.\u2019 He answered one of them, \u2018Friend, I haven\u2019t been unfair! Didn\u2019t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?\u2019\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Let me paraphrase it for you. The vineyard owner has an agreement with the first group of workers to work an entire day for a day\u2019s wages. The second group of workers has an agreement to work half a day for a full day\u2019s wages. The third group gets an even better deal by working only a few hours for a full day\u2019s wages, and the last group work only an hour to get a full day\u2019s wages. This might seem to be unfair to the first group of workers. After all, we are an equal-pay-for-equal-work kind of people.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proverbs 25:14<\/a>,<\/strong> \u201cA person who promises a gift but doesn\u2019t give it is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Theoretical Reality<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
This story in Matthew is one of my favorite stories because it reminds me of my dad. My dad was not a religious man, but his ethics and morals were firmly grounded in Biblical principles. Every August, my friends would convince me to go out for football. I liked playing football; I hated late summer practice. Conditioning was running in the ninety-degree heat until you throw up, swallowing salt tablets to replenish your body from all the sweating, and do it again. I hated it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dad’s words, “First practice, last practice,” were always on his lips. He firmly believed that if you initiated something, you should see it through till the end. Only later in life did he reveal that his intention was not solely to instill the value of keeping commitments but also to impart the wisdom of making careful commitments in the first place. He cautioned me to be mindful of my commitments, as I would be held accountable for fulfilling them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This lesson has profoundly influenced me. So, it’s crucial, my friends, to choose our commitments wisely, for they bind us to our word, and as Christians, there’s no backing down once we’ve committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKeep every promise you make, and only make promises you can keep.\u201d \u2015 Anthony Hitt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ecclesiastes 5:5<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cIt is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Alternate Realities<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
This story in Matthew demonstrates this very principle. Each group of workers knowingly and of their free will agreed to a business proposition. Each was obligated to live up to that commitment, as was the vineyard owner. Just because someone else got a better deal did not release them from their commitment. Keeping their word does not mean they can escape it because someone else has better terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What we don\u2019t know about this story is what the vineyard owner thought when he offered different business propositions to different groups. Maybe the harvest was bigger than he thought, and he feared grapes would rot on the vine. It might have been an act of desperation. Because he may have been late in hiring, he got the least qualified workers. The workers he hired later had already finished one field and were ready to take on another. It could be that he had a heart for the unemployed. He saw men milling around the city center, knew they had families to support, and hired them out of compassion. It really doesn\u2019t matter why he did what he did. The deal each group received was a good deal at the time they decided to take it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basic Reality<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Just as the vineyard owner does not have to explain his logic to his workers, Jesus doesn\u2019t have to explain it to us. Another great reason to stop comparing yourself to others. I love it in Job when God basically tells Job it is none of his business why things happened to him. Job didn\u2019t question why God let good things happen; why should he demand an explanation when things go poorly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Job 41:11<\/a>,<\/strong> \u201cWho has given me anything that I need to pay back? Everything under heaven is mine.\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
First practice, last practice. At times, we may lose sight of God’s abundant generosity toward us when we observe His benevolence toward others. Nonetheless, it is crucial to remember that everything belongs to God, and He possesses the sovereign right to do as He pleases with His resources. His perspective on the world far transcends our limited human perspective. He understands the far-reaching ripple effects of actions throughout eternity, whereas we tend to perceive only the immediate consequences of our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In essence, this insight highlights the significance of aligning our actions with God’s wisdom and divine purpose, acknowledging that He holds the ultimate design of the tapestry of our existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Character is not about competing but being true to who and what God has planned for your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ecclesiastes 5:2<\/a><\/strong> \u201cDon\u2019t make rash promises, and don\u2019t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.\u201d<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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