Broken promises happen all the time. Others break promises to us. We break promises to others. Typically when someone goes back on their word, especially multiple times, you are written off and ruin a relationship in the process. If this is how relationships work, then what happens when we break a promise to God? One of Jesus' disciples has some experience with that and learns something about grace that applies to all of our lives.

We all mess up and we all fall short. We sin. Our natural reaction in those moments is to hide. To run away. It's the ultimate game of "hide & seek" that we play with God. It's a game that's been going on from the begin of the human race. We sin, and God seeks. The problem is we will always lose. The an exhausting game when you play it against the one who knows everything. So what if we stopped running away from God, and started running to Him?

In every fight there is offense and defense. In this fight against evil, God has given some powerful weapons to claim the victory we have in Jesus.

We get hit by things in our life that knock us down all the time. In fact we are in a fight daily. There is someone trying to take us out, and he can be relentless. Take heart, because God has already won this fight for us. Through Jesus we can overcome. So when the devil comes at you, you can simply say "not today".