YOUR
WORTH IN PROMISES

Topics: Accomplishments; Commitment; Identity; Promises; Self-centeredness; Self-image; Self-worth

References: Leviticus 19:11–12; Matthew 5:33; 7:16; 12:33

Some people ask, “Who am I?” and expect the answer to come from their accomplishments. Other people ask, “Who am I?” and expect the answer to come from what other people think about them.

A person who dares to make and keep promises discovers who she is by the promises she has made and kept to other people.

—Thomas G. Long and Cornelius Plantinga, eds., A Chorus of Witnesses (Eerdmans, 1994)