“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty” (Proverbs 14:23, niv).
A man bought a parrot at an auction after some heavy bidding. “I hope this bird talks,” he told the auctioneer.
“Talk,” the auctioneer replied. “Who do you think has been bidding against you for the past ten minutes?”
Sad to say, we seem to be living in a day when a person’s word has less and less value. Once upon a time a man’s word was his bond. Not any more I’m afraid. For many people today their word doesn’t mean a thing. We’re pretty adept at parroting what we think people want to hear.
I remember one of my college professors teaching us that a person’s character could be measured by what value he or she put on their word. People who don’t keep their word simply cannot be trusted.
Fortunately, however, of one thing we can be certain, God always keeps his Word and always keeps his promises. To be Christ-like, we need to do the same! For after all, it’s what we do, not what we say, that says the most of all. ~Devotional by Richard (Dick) Innes of ACTS International.
