Making a vow to God...

Making a vow to God in the old covenant was an absolute unbreakable commitment. (In the book of Judges 11-1- 40. Jephthan made a vow to God that if he helped him defeat the Ammonites he would sacrifice the first thing that came out of house. ** His daughter came out first. He ripped his cloth in grief. He had no sons. Now his daughter would have to serve God in the sanctuary never to Marry and he would never be a grandfather. (Deuteronomy 23:21-23 When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the Lord will surely require it of you, and it will be sin to you. But if you abstain from vowing it shall not be sin to you.) Hannah in 1 Samuel 1:11 made a vow to God, that if God gave her a son, she would dedicate him to the temple and leave him there. Hannah kept her promise, when she became pregnant. She only had him for three years and then left him at temple to be raised by the priest. (Pointmen, today we are under a new covenant but there are two vows that must be taken serious. The first is when we accept Jesus as our Lord and savior. We then pick up our cross daily following him no matter the cost. The second vow we make is in marriage. We choose our bride and vow to God to love her in the good and the bad until he separates us in death. To be successful in both of these vows we must remain God focused. (Study/pray)