Do you mean it?

Sadly the days when business could be concluded with a hand shake are long gone. Now we have sign contracts for nearly everything we do. Some of that is good because it details what is expected by both parties. Some of that is not as good because it simply point to the fact that we can not trust someone to do what they said would be done.

Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech and then both men did exactly what was promised. They fulfilled the deal.

Are you trustworthy? Will you do what you say?

Beginning a new year is a great time to began again. To commit yourself to being trustworthy in all you say and do.

Gen 21:27-34 27 Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. 28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?" 30 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well." 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.
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