As we end the year 2023, look back and ask yourself this question, “Did I keep the vows or promises I made to YAHWEH my FATHER?, “Am I a person of integrity that makes a vow or promise and keeps it?” If you did not keep your vows/promises, what do you need to change to do better in 2024? Would you consider being like your FATHER, YAHWEH or HIS SON YESHUA, who have kept their promises made to you/us?
Genesis 28:16-22 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.28.17.KJV
Deuteronomy 23:21-23 “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth. https://bible.com/bible/59/deu.23.21.ESV
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 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. https://bible.com/bible/59/ecc.5.4.ESV
Matthew 5:33-37 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. But I say to you, do not make an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God; Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black. https://bible.com/bible/59/mat.5.33.ESV