“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”—Hebrews 13:8
Being consistent can be challenging, God wants us to be people
of consistency, full of faith and truthfulness.
Consistent means to be reliable, to be steady to be dependable. One of the greatest testimonies I have every
heard was concerning a prayer group.
They never failed to come together to pray for the needs of their
community and their church body. Week
after week this group of believers would lay aside the necessities of their own
lives to pray for the needs of others.
This prayer group recognized the priority of Christ’s character—love
lays down its life for another. Our
actions should be consistent with our character.
Society
as a whole is sending the message that it is acceptable to say one thing and to
then act a different way. This is contrary to God’s word. John 3:16 is a good example that God does not
act differently than His character. God
is love (1 John 4:8) now compare this with John 3:16: “For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish, but have eternal live. Loved laid down its life for those who believe.
You see
God is consistent and He expects His children to be like Him. We can pray or even expect others to treat us
with a Christ-like attitude, but that does not exempt us from our individual responsibility
of being Christ-like. Does this require
discipline? Yes. Can we do it? Yes. Joyce
Meyers gave an excellent example of being consistent. “Treat your family,
partner or friends the same way that you would treat or speak to your pastor,
or your teacher or anyone else that you have deep respect for. Be the same for
everyone.” It is simple, do something, do a
little but just do. And as you begin to
make that adjustment in your life, you will be gratified to see the change in
your own attitude towards yourself and towards others. There is nothing better than having the
peace, righteousness, joy and satisfaction of seeing yourself grow and mature
as your actions consistently portray Christ in a hurting world.
Prayer—Heavenly Father I repent,
and I ask You to forgive me for not representing You consistently with my
actions, and for allowing the influence of the world’s system to be my standard
of conduct. Help me Lord to be
consistent in my actions as I represent You to a hurting world, in Jesus’
name. Amen.
