Be Quick to Keep Your Promises to God When you make a promise to God, you should be quick to keep it. Just like delayed obedience is disobedience, a delayed promise is an unfulfilled promise. Ecclesiastes 5:4 says it clearly: “When you make a promise to God, keep it as quickly as possible” (GNT). When you’re tempted, you need to be quick to run away from that temptation! “Run from all these evil things” (1 Timothy 6:11 NLT). Don’t argue with temptation. Why? Because you’re going to lose. If you’re watching something on television that tempts you to lust, change the channel. If you struggle with *******, run far away from the bar. No matter what your temptations are, the strategy is clear: Run away. Don’t argue; don’t fight. Just run.