Many things may be important but not all are beneficial, thus, we need to pay close attention to some than the others.

To be consistent is to make a regular practice of something until it becomes a habit. We need to be consistent about some things not because our flesh enjoys doing them but because they are core ingredients for our walk in life. These things are what we are examining now.

1. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD:

Relationships are very crucial, no man on earth can live in isolation. And our relationship with God is very fundamental to having a successful relationship with a man. If something goes wrong between you and God, something will go wrong between you and your neighbour. Why is this so? We came from God, we take from Him, we were made in His image, we cannot live independently from Him. If we don’t want our lives to be like that of a fish that tries to survive outside water, we need to keep a relationship with God. Jesus tells us in John 15:5 that without Him, we can do nothing; (For better understanding, John 15: 1-7). Also, Proverbs 3:5 admonishes us that we should not be wise in our understanding but that we should acknowledge God in all our ways. The more we relate with God through prayers and the study of His Word, the more we trust in Him, the clearer we hear Him, and the better we become in our endeavours

2. IN THANKSGIVING.

God wants us to be grateful for every gift and benefit we have received from Him. God sees an ungrateful person as one who is proud and according to His word, He resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. I can confidently say that the primary reason God made man is for man to use his life to praise Him. Revelation 4:11 says that all things God created are for His pleasure. Let’s look at it this way, that dream you are pursuing and unhappy that it is yet to be actualized, that achievement or level you feel you should have attained, if there is no breath in you, I know you can’t be thinking of all this. Therefore, the air we are breathing is enough reason to give thanks to God because it is freely given by Him. According to 1Thessalonians 5:18, we can also say that it is the will of God to give thanks in everything, that is, both in good and bad times.

3. IN PRAYERS.

To walk on Earth unhurt, we need to keep the fire of our prayer life burning. Even Jesus, when He was on Earth, He submitted Himself to consistent prayers to His father. A prayerful person is a powerful person therefore, a consistently prayerful person is a consistently powerful person. We can pray about everything. There are no rules for prayer. We communicate with God when we pray; we talk to him and he talks back to us. He constantly wants to hear our voice because we are His children and the works of His hands. 1Thessalonians 5:17 asks us to pray without ceasing. Philippians 4:6 urges us not to be anxious about anything but to pray about everything. We stay alert when we pray always (Ephesians 6:18).

4. IN THE WILL OF GOD:

God’s word is God’s will. Anything outside His word is not His will. Thus, we need to develop a devoted life of studying His word to maintain a close relationship with Him and do His will. This will help us to overcome distractions that may want to steal our minds away from walking in God’s will. Also, it is only in God’s will can we gradually unravel and fulfill His plan for us as individuals. We will not be walking in our manmade desire, which ends in futility but in His will for us as our maker.

5. EVERY GOOD WORK:

As children of God, we are expected to produce good fruits like our father. Everything about God is good, so, we cannot claim to live a life that speaks otherwise. Our very existence must exhibit the good nature of God. People cannot see God but they see us that claim to be His children. Even when our good life or work is not being appreciated, we should not grow tired because our reward is not with man but with God (Ephesians 6:9). We need to always show love, concern, forgiveness, support to everyone around us. One of the best ways to show love is to tell someone else that Jesus loves them; to evangelize. The greatest love any man can receive is the love of God that is ultimately shown through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. According to Mark 16:15 and Matthew 5:16, God calls us the light of the world and the good work He expects from us is to preach the gospel. We will be hindering the world from receiving His light if we fail to preach.

The year is still young. I am encouraging you today to make a lifestyle of the habits discussed, only then can you be said to be consistent and you will get good results. If you have not started, it’s not too late to start and if you are already doing any of them, you can do more. Do not forget to include consistency in your New Year resolution https://artpreachiate.com/2020/12/31/what-to-do-about-your-new-years-resolution/

No one can claim to have arrived but we will keep taking those steps to positive growth, one day at a time. God bless you for taking your time to read.

By Joyce Miller.