Maintain a Consistent Walk with God
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Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit… Luke 18:1(MSG)
Our modern Christianity is plagued by a characteristic indifference, nominalism, half-heartedness, shallowness and inconsistency. For many people, the Christian life or their walk with God is like a fluctuating swing, swaying back and forth, here today and there tomorrow, high-pitch last week and low-pitch this week, red-hot a couple of months ago and freezing cold this time around, fiery one day and smoldering the next day. They are like a reed swayed by the wind. But God would not place His confidence in unfaithful and inconsistent men and women. Proverbs 25:19 says “confidence in an unfaithful man…is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.” If we are to excel in our walk with God, if we are to step over the threshold of spiritual shallowness and nominalism, we must find consistency with God.
Consider the routines of great men and women of God that we admire in the scriptures and in our day. For them, prayer was not an epileptic, spontaneous thing they would do when they felt like it or seemed to be in the mood. Bible reading and study was not a haphazard, incongruent activity or something they did once in a blue moon. Fasting was not an unfamiliar experience happened only on the basis of exigency or emergency. We can go on and on about the various aspects of routines that men of spiritual excellence have established in their lives as fertile grounds for their enviable heights and exploits in God’s kingdom. We cannot expect similar results if we don’t have similar routines. Didn’t Jesus put in place for us the ultimate example? Though He was God while He walked this earth with us, He found dignity in having His own intense daily routines. Let us develop a consistent walk with God.
Prayer:
Father, help me to have a consistent walk with You in Jesus’ Name.
Text:
Jesus told them a story showing that it was necessary for them to pray consistently and never quit… Luke 18:1(MSG)
Our modern Christianity is plagued by a characteristic indifference, nominalism, half-heartedness, shallowness and inconsistency. For many people, the Christian life or their walk with God is like a fluctuating swing, swaying back and forth, here today and there tomorrow, high-pitch last week and low-pitch this week, red-hot a couple of months ago and freezing cold this time around, fiery one day and smoldering the next day. They are like a reed swayed by the wind. But God would not place His confidence in unfaithful and inconsistent men and women. Proverbs 25:19 says “confidence in an unfaithful man…is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.” If we are to excel in our walk with God, if we are to step over the threshold of spiritual shallowness and nominalism, we must find consistency with God.
Consider the routines of great men and women of God that we admire in the scriptures and in our day. For them, prayer was not an epileptic, spontaneous thing they would do when they felt like it or seemed to be in the mood. Bible reading and study was not a haphazard, incongruent activity or something they did once in a blue moon. Fasting was not an unfamiliar experience happened only on the basis of exigency or emergency. We can go on and on about the various aspects of routines that men of spiritual excellence have established in their lives as fertile grounds for their enviable heights and exploits in God’s kingdom. We cannot expect similar results if we don’t have similar routines. Didn’t Jesus put in place for us the ultimate example? Though He was God while He walked this earth with us, He found dignity in having His own intense daily routines. Let us develop a consistent walk with God.
Prayer:
Father, help me to have a consistent walk with You in Jesus’ Name.
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