Psalms 56:12 (ESV)
I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
God takes our vows to Him seriously. Solomon warned us about making a rash vow:
Proverbs 20:25 (ESV)
It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,”
and to reflect only after making vows.
The prophet Malachi warned about making a vow and changing it:
Malachi 1:14 (ESV)
Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished. For I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.
God holds us to our vows. Why? Because God keeps His vows to us. We have heard that a man is only as good as his word. That thought rises out of the character of God. We can come to God and count on Him because He keeps His vows. Because He keeps His word to us, He demands we keep our word to Him. When we vow something to God, He expects that we will keep that vow. That is what David is saying in the above text. He is telling God that he will “perform” the vows he made to God. We do know that David failed. Psalm 51 is David’s own confession that he did not, in the sin with Bathsheba, keep his vow to God. But, never-the-less, God demands that we we keep our vows to Him. We may forget them, but He does not, nor should we.
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