An Oath

To Walk

In God’s Law

The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to adhere to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding, join with their kin, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his ordinances and his statutes. We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons; and if the peoples of the land bring in merchandise or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy it from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we will forego the crops of the seventh year and the exaction of every debt.

Nehemiah 10:28-31

Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? Have you ever kept one before? How about making a clean start, and take on a fresh assignment? Resolve to: do whatever is most to God’s glory; do your duty for the good of mankind in general; never do anything, which you should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of your life; study the Scriptures steadily, constantly, and frequently; ask yourself at the end of every day, week, month, and year if you could possibly have done better; until you die, do not to act as if you were on your own, but entirely and altogether God’s.

In Nehemiah 10, God’s people made an oath, vowing to follow the all the commands, laws, regulations of the Lord. This oath was so serious that they were willing to accept the curse of God if they failed to keep the commands. Any resolution made to follow God is not a casual promise. Rather, it is a solemn and serious declaration that, with the help of the Holy Spirit – we can renew every day.

Act on your resolutions!

Our Daily Bread – January 1, 2008