Keep Your Word

Luke 16:¹⁰ “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.”

The battle with purity is actually a battle with decision-making. You need to be able to keep your words in the little promises such as – I will see you tomorrow by ten o’clock, I will bring groceries home, I will take out the trash and it will be done on time. You cannot tell your wife you will bring groceries home and then show up without the groceries and the defence that you did not forget but you were just busy. If you cannot keep your promise in the little things, you will struggle to keep your promises in the big things.

Guess what? Purity is keeping your promise to God [whether married or single] and keeping your promise to your spouse if you are married. When you get born again, you enter a covenant with God to follow Jesus and to live a life of purity. The battle with purity is a struggle with promise keeping. We need to learn to keep our promises, no matter how seemingly little they are. Just like Tommy, sometimes we tend to think – big deal, I just cannot make it. Why would you not just postpone your birthday party? It is a big deal because if you cannot keep little promises, how would you keep big promises?

If while you are dating, you are unable to keep little promises or you find that the person you are dating is unable to keep little promises, then do not even attempt to take the relationship further. Such people will struggle with the big commitments. Our purity [our sexuality] is one of our biggest struggles and even for the married people. While teaching one day, I touched on the truth that being married does not solve sexual temptation. After the session, one of my daughters told me I had spoilt her day. She said she had been looking forward to being married as the solution to all sexual temptation.

I assured her that my intention was not to spoil her day but to tell her the truth. Marriage does not end sexual temptations; married people can tell you that. Yes, it can help but it does not end if you do not get your priorities right. For instance, if you use your sexuality primarily as a means of finding release and satisfaction rather than as a means of expressing love, you will struggle big-time.

Prayer: Lord, please help me to be faithful in little and in much, in Jesus Name. Amen!