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Take a Promise & Fulfill It
“For He is faithful that promised...” (Hebrews 10.23). What a wonderful blessing it is to know of God’s promises and that He is faithful, dependable, and reliable to fulfill ALL He promises! Therefore, no one has to sit and worry every day whether he or she can trust God to do what He says He will do. He does it. We witness it. We experience the fulfillment of many of the promises He has made each day.
A promise to your spouse on your wedding day is a daily commitment. It is trust placed into your spouse’s heart that you will provide, you will care, you will love, or you will help. There should never be a worrisome moment in your spouse that you will not “come through” every day, in some way, to fulfill your promise.
Your promises on the day you were wed were not a once-spoken thought just to get through a ceremony to be husband and wife. Promises were made to be fulfilled. Both people in marriage made a promise, and can find a way to do what they said they would do - UNCONDITIONALLY.
Are you faithful to your promises? Give thought to a promise you have made to your spouse and see what you can do today to fulfill it. Do not say, as you may have said in the past, “I will get to it sometime.” Those words are nowhere close to a promise fulfilled. They are often empty words of postponement spouses give one another because they “don’t have time” to minister to each other. Time is what you need to give to your promise. Each promise implies the need for time to complete what you said you would do.
Husbands, take today and find a way to fulfill the promise to love your wife. Why not take time to fulfill the promise of providing for her? Give yourself an opportunity to fulfill the promise to honor. Focus on your promise to protect her and assure her of your desire to watch over her life. You may be able to fulfill some of the same promises every day, but those single important promises of cherishing, serving, supporting, caring, etc. need a special action on your part today for her to place her trust in you as her husband.
Wives, take today and find a way to fulfill a promise to help and submit to your husband. Find a way to be YOUR husband’s wife. Show him you want to help. Fulfill an act of service to him which draws him to you and not another woman. Speak to his heart of your admiration and submission to his leadership. Tell him he is doing good to you and your family. Hold is hand and tell him you respect him and long to place your heart and life into his hands to lead you to God and heaven. Reach out to him in words expressing your trust in him to lead you as God leads him. Honor him by listening to him rather than always talking to him. Respect your husband by focusing on one thing today that he does well.
Oh, the joy it brings to marriage when promises are fulfilled! Fulfilling a promise today will definitely say to your spouse, “I love you.”
