Originally posted on November 21, 2023 @ 1:43 pm
The hallmark of success is consistency. In recent years, I have understood the power of consistency. I started this blog to share my knowledge with the world. I started sharing blog posts and I wasn’t getting views. I was discouraged and I stopped sharing posts at some point. After a while, I shared my concerns with someone who knew about blogging and he told me about the importance of consistency. He explained that I have to post regularly and also learn the dynamics of blogging.
I intended to spread the gospel, help people find answers to their questions and inspire as many as I can around the world. I am happy that the blog is fulfilling that purpose already because I have consistently posted new blog posts and also regularly learned the dynamics of blogging. In this article, we’ll explore the meaning of consistency, what the bible says about consistency, people in the bible who exemplified consistency, and bible verses about consistency.
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What is consistency?
According to Dictionary, consistency is “steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form, etc.” Consistency is the ability to do something regularly in a particular pattern or behaviour.
Consistency for a Christian means the ability to be steadfast, reliable, and unwavering in commitment to one’s beliefs and actions. When a believer is consistent, then they are consciously doing the right things at the right time. I also believe consistency is yielding to the Holy Spirit regularly and following his instructions to us.
What is Spiritual consistency?
Spiritual consistency is continuously doing things that contribute to our spiritual growth. It involves maintaining a regular and steadfast connection to our spiritual life and faith. Many habits can help us strengthen our spiritual consistency.
Habits that lead to spiritual consistency
1. Daily Reflection or Meditation: Dedicate time each day for quiet time and meditation on the word of God. This practice helps in grounding oneself, fostering introspection, and connecting with inner wisdom.
2. Regular Prayer: Engaging in prayer regularly helps to build our spiritual consistency and fervency
3. Service and Acts of Kindness: Engaging in acts of kindness aligns with our spiritual growth. Volunteering or helping others can bring a sense of fulfilment and reinforce our spiritual values.
4. Practice gratitude: Cultivating gratitude through a daily practice of acknowledging and appreciating blessings; big or small, helps maintain a positive and spiritually enriching perspective.
5. Connecting with Christian Community: Being part of a spiritual community or having like-minded individuals for support, discussion, and shared practice can reinforce spiritual consistency.
6. Setting Intentions and Goals: Establishing clear intentions and goals related to spiritual growth can provide direction and motivation, fostering consistency in practice.
7. Listening to the Holy Spirit: the Holy Spirit is the spirit of truth and he can lead us and guide our paths. When we listen to the Holy Spirit, we can grow consistently and become stronger spiritually.
Remember, these habits are some of the things that have helped me build a consistent spiritual life. You need to find more habits that resonate with you and integrate them into your daily schedule and activities.
Benefits of Spiritual Consistency
The benefits of spiritual consistency are countless; I have enjoyed many benefits of being consistent with God.
1. Deeper relationship with God: When we consistently follow God and walk with him, we become closer to him and he reveals his secrets to us.
2. Steadfastness in faith: we become more steadfast and understand him more when we are closer to God.
3. Discernment and guidance: the Holy Spirit can guide and lead us when we have a close relationship with him. In my post about discernment, I explained the importance of discernment and how important it is to have a deep relationship with God.
4. Personal transformation: Walking with God transforms us and changes us. I have had many instances where God speaks to me about my attitude and guides me on personal transformation.
5. Peace and Joy: cordial fellowship with God brings peace and joy that nothing or no one else can give. You will have so much joy even if you are passing through difficult times.
Who in the bible was consistent?
Many people in the bible were consistent with their walk with God. Their stories are inspiring and encourage us to be consistent in our walk with God.
1. Daniel (Daniel 6:10)
Daniel was very consistent with his prayer life. Daniel was steadfast to the point that he was envied by his colleagues.
2. The judge and the widow (Luke 18:1-8)
The story of the wicked judge and the widow is one of consistency and determination. The widow kept disturbing the judge until she got the justice she deserved.
3. Elisha and King Joash 2kings 13:10-20
King Joash went to meet Elisha when Elisha was on his deathbed. Elisha gave the king an arrow and asked him to strike the floor as many times as he desired. The king struck the ground three times and Elisha was angry. Elisha told him he should have continued striking the ground then he would have had complete victory; signifying the importance of consistency.
Bible verses about consistency
Many bible verses encourage us to be consistent and steadfast as believers.
Consistency in Faith
1. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) – “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”
This verse highlights the unwavering trust in God’s promises. It urges believers to hold firm to their faith, despite challenges or uncertainties, relying on God’s faithfulness.
2. Romans 12:12 (ESV) – “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”
Here, consistency in prayer is emphasized, portraying prayer as a continual connection with God, even amidst difficulties, building hope and patience.
3. Matthew 6:33 (NIV) – “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
This verse encourages consistently prioritising seeking God’s kingdom. It suggests that focusing on spiritual matters leads to divine provision.
Consistency in Character
4. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) – “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
This verse emphasizes the importance of maintaining a consistent and guarded heart, as it shapes one’s actions and decisions.
5. Ephesians 4:22-24 (ESV) – “Put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and… put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”
It advocates for consistency in character transformation, shedding old, corrupted ways and adopting righteousness and holiness aligned with God’s image.
6. 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV) – “Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
This verse encourages unwavering commitment to the work of the Lord, assuring that efforts toward God’s purposes bear lasting significance.
Consistency in Service
7. Galatians 6:9 (NIV) – “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Encouraging persistence in serving and doing good, this verse promises eventual reward for steadfastness in acts of kindness.
8. Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV) – “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.”
It emphasizes working diligently in all endeavours, attributing rewards not to human approval but to God’s recognition of faithful service.
9. 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) – “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
This verse advocates the consistent use of individual gifts for the service and betterment of others, emphasizing responsible stewardship of God’s grace.
Consistency in Obedience
10. James 1:22 (ESV) – “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
This verse underscores the importance of consistent obedience beyond mere listening; Encouraging action per God’s word,
11. Deuteronomy 5:32 (NIV) – “So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.”
This verse Emphasizes unwavering commitment to following God’s commands without deviation or compromise.
12. John 14:15 (NIV) – “If you love me, keep my commands.”
We should demonstrate love for God through consistent obedience to His commandments, showcasing devotion and faithfulness.
Consistency in Trust
13. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
We are encouraged to have unwavering trust in God, surrendering personal understanding and seeking His guidance for a clear path.
14. Psalm 37:3 (ESV) – “Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.”
This verse promotes consistency in trust coupled with continuous acts of goodness and faithfulness.
15. Isaiah 26:3 (NIV) – “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
We are assured of peace and security for those who consistently maintain steadfast trust in God.
More bible verses
16. Proverbs 4:26 (NIV) – “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.”
17. Proverbs 19:22 (NIV) – “What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.”
18. 2 Corinthians 8:11 (NIV) – “Now finish the work so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.”
19. Psalm 12:6 (NIV) – “And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.”
20. 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV) – “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
21. 2 Timothy 2:5 (NIV) – “Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules.”
22. Colossians 2:5 (NIV) – “For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.”
23. Psalm 26:3 (NIV) – “For I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.”
24. 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NIV) – “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.”
25. 2 Chronicles 15:7 (NIV) – “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
26. Psalm 33:4 (NIV) – “For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.”
27. Proverbs 21:21 (NIV) – “Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor.”
28. James 1:25 (NIV) – “But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”
29. 1 Timothy 6:12 (NIV) – “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”
30. Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) – “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”
31. Hebrews 6:11-12 (NIV) – “We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.”
32. Philippians 3:14 (NIV) – “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
33. 2 Peter 1:5-7 (NIV) – “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.”
34. Psalm 145:13 (NIV) – “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does.”
35. Colossians 1:23 (NIV) – “If you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.”
36. 1 Corinthians 4:2 (NIV) – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”
37. Psalm 31:23 (NIV) – “Love the Lord, all his faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.”
38. Psalm 138:7 (NIV) – “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.”
39. Proverbs 24:16 (NIV) – “for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.”
40. 1 Samuel 12:24 (NIV) – “But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.”
41. Romans 15:5 (NIV) – “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.”
42. James 1:17 (NIV) – “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”
43. Proverbs 10:25 (NIV) – “When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.”
44. Psalm 100:5 (NIV) – “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.”
45. 1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV) – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
46. Matthew 24:13 (NIV) – “but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
47. Proverbs 28:20 (NIV) – “A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.”
48. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV) – “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.”
49. Hebrews 13:8 (NIV) – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
50. Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV) – “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.”
Final thoughts
I understand many things tend to discourage us and prevent us from consistently building a great spiritual life; always remember that “Consistency is the hallmark of greatness”. It doesn’t matter if it concerns our spiritual or physical life; consistency builds the future we desire.
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