A Reflection On Consistency

When I’m seeking steady progress in my Christian walk

Nearly everyone has a spiritual mountaintop experience on occasion. For most of us, this is how we measure our spiritual maturity. We assume that the heights we’ve reached indicate the level to which we’ve grown. But God has a different measure of our maturity. It’s not about the peaks we’ve scaled but our consistency between them. Learning the mind of God is not a roller-coaster experience; it’s a steady climb. A peak experience will indeed give us a satisfying feeling for a while, and we’ll gladly dwell on it as long as we can. But while we dwell there, we can lose sight of today’s needs.

Our God is not One to be appeased periodically and ignored in the interims. His love for us is constant and persistent. His character never changes. His mercy is new every morning, and His compassion does not fail. If our minds are being renewed to be like His, isn’t consistency a logical result? The blessings of discipleship and worship are found only in their constancy. Measure yourself not by your highs or lows, but by who you are in between them.

Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees!

Psalm 119:5