Consistency

Colossians 2:6 says this, “And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him.” The Message version says it like this, “My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master, now live Him.”

Follow Him. Live Him. Walk in Him. It’s the call on the life of the Christ follower to align our spirit and conduct. To let our words and actions be in perfect consistency with our acknowledgment of our salvation. To walk in the same love, faith, and holiness which we received Him in. We are called to steadily believe His doctrines and obey His commands... rely on His promises, and imitate His example. 

Following after Jesus demands us to be always looking to Him... leaning on Him... deriving grace and strength from Him.

And one word that is to define the Christ follower stands out to me among the rest and that’s “consistency.” Charles Spurgeon says it this way, “How many people think that in the morning and evening they ought to come into the company of Christ, and then they may be in the world’s all day?”
Consistency in our character is what speaks the loudest about our God. Consistency is steadfast adherence, agreement, harmony, and compatibility. It’s being dependable, persistent, and steady. And it’s telling the story of His amazing grace.

Or not.

The world is filled with inconsistent people. People who have simply forgotten the model laid out for us by Christ when we first accepted Him into our hearts. Our walk should include gratitude, humility, joy, and conscious, continual effort which sometimes involves, as one commentator says, the, “vigorous repression of the old self that progress is realized.”

Ahh yes... less of me, more of You!

Let’s focus this week on being consistent in our character as we represent Jesus well!