"...and keep their promises even when it
hurts."
Promises get made all the time. Sometimes they are explicit and we say,
"I promise". Other times they are made in the form of commitments that
we will do something or follow-through on what we have said we would
do. Often promises are made in haste without the full set of data or
information, but nonetheless, we don't think through our words and
before we know it the words have spilled out of our mouths and we become
committed, even when we later wish it was not so. If we are managers of
other people, we need to recognize that people who work for us are
hanging on every word and when we say we are going to do something they
expect with their full attention and devotion that it will happen. It is
our responsibility to follow through, even though sometime it hurts to
do so. People change jobs and uproot themselves and their families on
the basis of these promises. If we don't follow through then we are not
only letting someone else down, we are breaking our word and damaging
the reputation that we have worked so hard to develop and maintain.
David talked about this in Psalm 15 when he said that only a few who
could enter the holy presence of God. One of the prerequisites and
descriptors is in verse 4; "...and keep their promises even when it
hurts." David knew that it is hard to keep promises and even more so
when it becomes painful. He challenges us here to be different than the
rest; to stand firm in our promises, regardless. Are you challenged
today with a promise that needs to be kept? If you are, remember
David's words as you decide what to do next.
Reference: Psalm 15:4 (New Living Testament)
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