THE VOW

Micah 7:18-20 (KJV)
“18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.”
Jujitsu has nothing on God; He will subdue our iniquities. Subdue here means wrestle; in other words, God will wrestle us till we tap out. Our sins cannot be cast into the depths of the sea until our iniquities are first subdued. Iniquity is simply self-will unharnessed; iniquity is where sin is fostered in the will. This is where things become so twisted it takes a wrestling match to untwist.
Living lies is more twisted than telling a lie; wanting something so bad we cannot break its power over us puts our will in a prison of denial sealed with certainty. The only counteraction to these twisted lies is truth. This is why Jesus tells us, if we know the truth it can make us free. Only God’s mercy can bring this about; only God can perform the truth in us.
Once truth is performed in us mercy is released to the generations before us. Even when they are dead and gone, their struggles unsettled and unconquered finds mercy in us when truth settles the struggle and the lies we inherited from them is conquered. God is vowed to this by choice; scripture calls this “loving kindness.”