When I was in Sales, I learned a very important lesson: people don’t mean what they say, they mean what they do. Yeshua also taught this lesson when he said to let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No” (Matthew 5:37).
So, do your words match your actions?
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Going back to my Sales experience, I was what is called a “Tinman”; not the kind that was with Dorothy, Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion. “Tinman” is an old term used for someone who sells aluminum siding for your house. I also sold window replacements and kitchen refacing, and these sales came off tele marketed leads and were a one-call close.
That means the day I see you is the day I sell you; either I leave with a signed contract or I leave empty-handed, but there was no going back. And those who bought had three business days to cancel their sale and get their deposit back.
Okay, so where is this related, at all, to a spiritual message?
I’m glad you asked.
Of all the sales I made, the ones I could almost be certain would cancel before I even got the paperwork into the office were the ones I made with so-called “Believers”.
That’s right, and yes, it is sad. And to a one, when I would call to try to save the sale (which you do, even though you know 99.9% of the time it’s not going to work) they would use this excuse…
“We prayed on it and now believe this isn’t the time to do this.“
If that was their excuse, I would remind them of what Yeshua said about no being no, etc., and that they gave me a yes.
You know what?- that didn’t make any difference. What they really should have said, to be honest, was that they changed their minds and are reneging on their word.
And yes, just because there is an option to cancel, that doesn’t mean if you take it you haven’t lied.
And when they say they prayed on it and need to change their minds, that is even worse because now they are blaming God!
Oh, yeah- like it or not, when you say you “prayed on it” and now feel differently, that is no different from saying God told you not to do it.
That brings us back to today’s spiritual question: do your words match your actions?
If you say you feel this way, but act that way, then you are a liar!
Now, even though every lie is a sin, that doesn’t mean every lie is unjustified. There are times, and we see this happening in the Bible over and over, when lying is the only way to continue to live. Or sometimes a “little white lie” is the more compassionate thing to do. I would still ask God to forgive me for doing it, but what is wrong in all cases is making a contract and then reneging on it. The exception to this is if you know you were being lied to by the salesperson.
Other than that, the cancellation period is not some “Get out of jail free” card you can pull just because the next morning, when you look at your checkbook, you say, “What the heck did I do?” That’s called “Buyer’s Remorse”, and is normal even when you are positive you did the right thing.
Look, if you profess to believe in God and want to do as God says, then do not do or say something that you aren’t absolutely certain you will feel the same way about in the morning.
And, even if you feel you made a mistake, live with it! Unless you have good reason to think you were bamboozled (that’s a great word, isn’t it?), you must make sure your words match your actions.
Yeshua is the ultimate example of “I am what I say” and if you want to follow in his footsteps, you must also make sure that your words and your actions are the same thing.
In everything you do, let your “Yes” be “Yes”, and your “No” be “No” because how you keep your word reflects on you, but as a Believer it also reflects on God.
Be thou holy as I am holy is not a suggestion.
Thank you for being here and please remember to share these messages with everyone you know, even non-believers, Hey, after all, you never know how fertile the soil is until you plant a seed in it.
That’s it for today, so l’hitraot and Baruch HaShem!