Will You Shake On It?

Let's shake on it.

Have you ever been there? I mean is my word not enough? It's so common to say "Yes, I'll do that" and then do you really have to? I mean, really, if you don't shake on it or "promise" is it really binding? Today I had to shake on something. It was like, "really" ? I have to shake on it? And then I got to thinking....yes I do have to... it's just really not binding until you do something to "seal the deal". I really don't ever remember not following through with my word on anything, but I do think I remember saying at one time or another that ....well....it's not really binding, after all, I didn't shake on it or I didn't promise. Have you ever backed out on something because you didn't "promise"?

This got me to thinking. On my word I said that I would follow Christ, I stood in front of a lot of people and said that I believed that Jesus Christ was the Son of the Living God. I said that I would follow him and stay true to him till my dying day. Was that enough? Is it just enough to say that you will? I propose that it is not. We have to "shake" on it. We have to "Promise" on it. We have to be baptized and "seal" the deal. This really puts the seal on the whole event.

Now, I know that nothing that I have said here is scriptural. There are enough scriptures in the Bible to explain baptism and why it is so important and necessary. But, sometimes a "human" or "worldly" approach just helps us understand a little better.

I just have a harder time breaking my word when I've promised or "shook" on it.