- Ancient Jews developed an elaborate scheme to get out of commitments when they wanted to get out of them, which had to do with swearing by a whole network of increasingly sacred objects (such as the temple, the gold on the temple, etc.).
- Modern versions today might include someone trying to get out of something because they didn’t “pinky promise” to do something, they just promised to do something.
- Whatever the specific excuses may be, Jesus insists that his followers be people who do what they say they’re going to do.
- When are you most tempted to go back on something you promised to do?
- What do you think would change about the world if everyone did what they said?
- Today’s action challenge is another journaling challenge. Your challenge is to reflect on the power of words, answering the questions, What would it look like to become someone who was trustworthy? and Why do you think doing what we say we’ll do matters? And then, if you’re feeling brave, ask someone you trust to rank how trustworthy you are—or, you could apologize to someone you flaked out on.