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Don’t go making all these promises you know you cannot keep. This line from Savage Garden’s song, Promises, is really good and has deep meaning. How often do we make promises that we (intentionally or unintentionally) don’t keep?
The numbers of promises we keep prove our reliability and trustworthiness. But sometimes we just forget and easily break our promises to God (and yet He always forgives us). Maybe because we cannot ‘see’ Him in person. Well, compared to breaking our promises to other person, he/she can react and tell us that they’re disappointed or upset because we don’t keep our promises. But God won’t tell us that He’s disappointed at us. Thus we don’t see the consequences right away. But breaking promises affect our relationship with the ones we make promises to.
Why do we tend to keep our promises to other person but on the other hand we often ‘ask’ for God’s tolerance for not keeping our promises with a thousand reasons?
Is it because He’s very tolerant? Because He’s very forgiving? If we can try our best to keep our promises to other, why don’t we do the same thing for God? He’s much more important than the others.
Some might say.. How can you keep your promises to God, ‘something’ that cannot be seen, if you can’t keep your promises to others who is plainly visible (who can kick your ass right away if you break your promises)? This question implicates that keeping our promises to others is the first thing to do. Put in mind that God should be the first and the foremost. Keeping our promises to others should reflect our best effort in keeping our promises to God. It’s the faithfulness to God (to keep our promises to Him) that will be the foundation to keep our promises to others.
I’ve kept a promise to God (that I started in May) till today and it feels so good. Thank you God…
Keeping promises to God (and to others) is not easy, but faithfulness has its reward. So…don’t go making all these promises you know you cannot keep.
Savage Garden - Promises
Well don't you know I need a little indulgence?
Listen to the hunter becoming hunted
Every day there's a million advances
Don't be too forceful, you'll ruin your chances
Well don't you know that time is a broken glass
That splinters against the wall?
But the picture is coming back now baby,
And I want to take it all
Chorus:
Don't go making all these promises you know you cannot keep
There's a time to play a king and a time to be the thief
'Cause if you're making all these promises you know you cannot keep
You know time will be the thief and your fallen king will end up alone
So let you're body move a little bit closer
Silent like the sound preceding a cyclone
Don't you know that powerful thinking
Can be a force you don't want to relinquish?
Well don't you know that,
They say that hanging on will justify the wait?
But patience and elated wisdom don't share a common phrase
chorus
Well, I'm only hanging on for what goes down
I'm floating high and my feet don't touch the ground
I'd take advantage but I can't see through this charade
So don't you, don't go make it harder than hell
'Cause when it comes down to the making
You better be damned sure you can take it
Hey baby
chorus
Time will be the thief
and your fallen king will end up...
A fool, a fool, a lonely sorry fool
Oh baby, 'cause I told you baby
...
Got this song from prayer gathering, I’m sure about the title
Tetap Setia
Selidiki aku, Lihat hatiku
Apakah ku sungguh mengasihimu, Yesus
Kau yang miliki aku, dan menilai hidupku
Tiada yang tersembunyi bagi-Mu
Tlah kulihat kebaikan-Mu
Yang tak pernah habis di hidupku
Ku berjuang sampai akhirnya
Kau dapati, aku tetap setia
I really like the last two lines…. I struggle, until the end You’ll find me still faithful.
Don’t go making all these promises you know you cannot keep. This line from Savage Garden’s song, Promises, is really good and has deep meaning. How often do we make promises that we (intentionally or unintentionally) don’t keep?
The numbers of promises we keep prove our reliability and trustworthiness. But sometimes we just forget and easily break our promises to God (and yet He always forgives us). Maybe because we cannot ‘see’ Him in person. Well, compared to breaking our promises to other person, he/she can react and tell us that they’re disappointed or upset because we don’t keep our promises. But God won’t tell us that He’s disappointed at us. Thus we don’t see the consequences right away. But breaking promises affect our relationship with the ones we make promises to.
Why do we tend to keep our promises to other person but on the other hand we often ‘ask’ for God’s tolerance for not keeping our promises with a thousand reasons?
Is it because He’s very tolerant? Because He’s very forgiving? If we can try our best to keep our promises to other, why don’t we do the same thing for God? He’s much more important than the others.
Some might say.. How can you keep your promises to God, ‘something’ that cannot be seen, if you can’t keep your promises to others who is plainly visible (who can kick your ass right away if you break your promises)? This question implicates that keeping our promises to others is the first thing to do. Put in mind that God should be the first and the foremost. Keeping our promises to others should reflect our best effort in keeping our promises to God. It’s the faithfulness to God (to keep our promises to Him) that will be the foundation to keep our promises to others.
I’ve kept a promise to God (that I started in May) till today and it feels so good. Thank you God…
Keeping promises to God (and to others) is not easy, but faithfulness has its reward. So…don’t go making all these promises you know you cannot keep.
Savage Garden - Promises
Well don't you know I need a little indulgence?
Listen to the hunter becoming hunted
Every day there's a million advances
Don't be too forceful, you'll ruin your chances
Well don't you know that time is a broken glass
That splinters against the wall?
But the picture is coming back now baby,
And I want to take it all
Chorus:
Don't go making all these promises you know you cannot keep
There's a time to play a king and a time to be the thief
'Cause if you're making all these promises you know you cannot keep
You know time will be the thief and your fallen king will end up alone
So let you're body move a little bit closer
Silent like the sound preceding a cyclone
Don't you know that powerful thinking
Can be a force you don't want to relinquish?
Well don't you know that,
They say that hanging on will justify the wait?
But patience and elated wisdom don't share a common phrase
chorus
Well, I'm only hanging on for what goes down
I'm floating high and my feet don't touch the ground
I'd take advantage but I can't see through this charade
So don't you, don't go make it harder than hell
'Cause when it comes down to the making
You better be damned sure you can take it
Hey baby
chorus
Time will be the thief
and your fallen king will end up...
A fool, a fool, a lonely sorry fool
Oh baby, 'cause I told you baby
...
Got this song from prayer gathering, I’m sure about the title
Tetap Setia
Selidiki aku, Lihat hatiku
Apakah ku sungguh mengasihimu, Yesus
Kau yang miliki aku, dan menilai hidupku
Tiada yang tersembunyi bagi-Mu
Tlah kulihat kebaikan-Mu
Yang tak pernah habis di hidupku
Ku berjuang sampai akhirnya
Kau dapati, aku tetap setia
I really like the last two lines…. I struggle, until the end You’ll find me still faithful.
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