"Best Intentions" - To

 "Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay." (Ecclesiastes 5:5 KJV) 

  "The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?" (Proverbs 20:24 NLT)

 Yes, I know, it really doesn't make much sense; but yesterday I was tempted to add both 24 and 25 together, as if to show that God can use our bad choices, to accomplish things we know nothing about! Case in point: God told Abraham that Sarah would be the one by who his son would come through, yet Abraham listened to Sarah, allowing himself to lay with her handmaid, as if that was going to be the only way she could provide a son to him. 

 Directly, Abraham did not technically make a vow with God; but God made a vow to Abraham, to which, he should have accepted it, believed it would happen, and corrected his wife, making her aware that God can do whatever He wants! So, in a strange sort of way, when we are given a vow by the Lord, like the one where He says, "I will never leave you, nor forsake you," then we become directly connected to that vow, becoming the benefactor of the vow that has been given. 

 In this regard, our vow to God is not all that it should be, because we don't always have what it takes to keep our commitment to be totally faithful, but God, on the other hand, if He makes a vow, we don't really need to worry, because He is always faithful; He never lies, nor does He say things He doesn't mean! If we truly believe that is the case, then we should make His vow count, making it something that is going to happen, even though we don't know how; we leave that up to God! 

 Anywho, I don't really know half of what I am talking about, so if it doesn't make sense, then it is really not my fault, I'm just trying to listen...

""So why do you keep calling me 'Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say? I will show you what it's like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it stands firm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn't obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against the house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins."" (Luke 6:46-49 NLT)