What if?

What if? A commonly asked question in many situations. A question asked before you make even the smallest, or biggest decisions. What if I fail my test? What if I don't get into the school I want? What if? Why not ask yourself this. What if God stopped forgiving us? Where would we be if his forgiveness wasn't there? What if God implemented a three strike rule?
In Ecclesiastes 5:4 we are told that when we make a vow to God we should not delay in fulfilling it. It is right there in ink, in plain English. When we make a vow to God we do not delay in fulfilling it. So then why do we continually sin? Why do we continually perform the same act we know is wrong? Yes we are able to go to God after we sin and ask for forgiveness, but that doesn't mean we should just go back to that same act and continually do it. We tell ourselves "Oh God will forgive me for it." But that's not the point. God sent Jesus to die for us so we can be forgiven, but not we could take advantage of that and exploit it. When someone makes you a promise you expect them to fulfill the promise right then and there. Not say "Ya, I'll do it later." That is the same with God. He doesn't delay in fulfilling a promise to us, so why should we delay in fulfilling a promise to him? What if God one day said "I will no longer forgive you for your sins", or "After you sin three times I won't forgive you." You would be alot quicker at fulfilling those promises to Him wouldn't you? You would think twice before sinning again. The whole point is to be more like Christ. Well Jesus didn't delay in fulfilling promises, so neither should we. Continually sinning and just repenting is not going to bring us closer to Go. It will just keep you in the same place, building up that wall. It would be like running on a treadmill with a treat dangling in front of you and no matter how hard or how fast you run you will still be in the same spot where you started. Stop making promises you can't keep. Stop running in that same spot. Start keeping promises you make. Start running marathons and going places you have never been before.

True are your promises
You never change
You never fail oh God.

Ecclesiastes 5:4 - When you make a promise to God do not delay in fulfilling it.