The title above is Latin for “My word is my bond.” Like you, I have heard many people use this phrase in my lifetime. I wondered what it really meant, so I did a little research. I found out that the saying is an idiom that means that a person’s promise or commitment is as reliable and trustworthy as a formal contract. When someone says this phrase, “My word is my bond,” it signifies that their verbal agreement can be depended upon without any need for additional assurance.”
A few days after the Memorial Day holiday, I semi-jokingly said in a church gathering, “My wife was in Los Angeles visiting some of my children during the holiday, and nobody brought me any barbecue from their cookout.” One of my members said, “Pastor King, I’m going to bring you some barbecue.” The July 4th holiday came around and my wife and I were eating a regular weekday dinner, nothing cooked on the grill, nothing ordered to be delivered by a food pickup service, just a regular, good meal. We eat around 4:00 p.m. The older you get, I think the earlier you eat. Smile! Well, ay dinner, I make a statement similar to the one that I made after Memorial Day, “Looks like nobody is going to bring me any barbecue today.” We laughed, no lamenting words or facial expressions! Shortly after I had made the statement, I got a text from a church member, the one who promised to bring me some barbecue. She informed me that she was going to have her cousin, also a member of the church, drop off a plate of food from their cookout. Did I say a plate? Let me correct what I just communicated. We got a container of barbecue, a container of mac and cheese, a bowl of home-cooked greens, another container filled with some serious spaghetti, a couple kinds of cookies, and more. Now, I share all this with you because this is an example of “My word is my bond.” Keep reading!
My barbecue did not come when I wanted it, but it showed up, right on time. Does that remind you of anyone? Yes, of course it does! It reminds you of the Lord. We say it all the time at church, and someone even wrote a song about it, “He may not come when you want Him to, but He is always right on time.” The Lord is true to His promises. If anyone can say, “Dictum Meum Pactum,” it is Jesus. His word is His bond.
Mary and Martha had that experience, and by that experience, they learned, as reported in the Gospel According to Mark, that you can take Jesus at His word. Read the closing scriptures. And also spend some time rejoicing about the fact that Jesus is coming back for His church, just as He promised, and we who are save shall experience life eternal. Have a great day! Be blessed!
“So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God? “So they removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. But I knew that You always hear Me; nevertheless, because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out! “Out came the man who had died, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” (John 11:38-44 NASB)
Committed to the climb,
Mark L. King