Category: MAKING VOW: BE PERSONAL ABOUT YOUR VOWS

“9 So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of the LORD. 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish. 11 Then she made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will  give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.”

We discussed about “Being Specific About Your Vow” yesterday. Today, let us move ahead.

(b) Be Personal About Your Vow.

It is very wrong to commit others in your vows. Hannah was lucky that her son, Samuel, was able to accept her mother’s costly vow. Jephthah was also lucky he had a child who could comprehend. What if those children rejected their parent’s vow? What if they replied their parent with, “you made the vow, pay it yourself.”?

Don’t commit others in paying your vows. Make a vow you will remit yourself without involving others. Thank God for Elkanah who understood the plight of Hannah, the scripture said in, Num. 30:6-8, that, if a man void his wife’s vow, it is cancelled, the vow shall not stand. Before making your vow inform whoever needs to be Involved before committing yourself and others because all vows must be paid.

Make a vow you can remit conveniently. God is not after the size but the genuineness and faithfulness to the vow. After Hannah fulfilled her vow more children came through her. Make a vow you alone can remit without involving other party. See you tomorrow, still on vow.

Have a Great Day ahead.