Promises to God are easy to make. They are not as simple to keep. Especially if we were not sincere when we made them! Our tendency is to cry out to God whenever our circumstances become too difficult for us. If only God will . . . give us that job we applied for . . . provide us that wife we are pursuing . . . make our investments multiply . . . get us that promotion . . . THEN we will . . . read our Bible more . . . spend more time in prayer . . . finally give up that bad habit . . . But, regardless of how sincere we are when making our pledge, we invariably fail to follow through with the commitments we hurriedly make to God.
We tend to view our failure to follow through as the result of our hectic schedule or tight finances or unforeseen circumstances. God declares that we lied to Him. He views it as a broken covenant. We cast blame on our circumstances. God blames our wavering heart. God knows that if we truly meant what we said, we would have followed through with our words.
Beware of being careless with your words. God will hold you to them. He despises being treated casually or indifferently. He will not allow that to happen without providing a divine response.