Living a Life of Consistancy

Fruitfulness is Consistency

Fruitful people do consistency what other people do occasionally

Consistency involves deep commitment

King David - Example

David went back to his sheep. It took 6-8 years to fulfill the call.

Desire will take you so far, but devotion will carry you through.

Consistency is not always pretty

He went back to being shepherd

The most successful around one thing grit and determination.

We need to show up and give 100%

You cannot have 20 years of experience until you work for 20 years

In the world consistency does not tend to be noticed

Consistently missed until it is consistently gone.

God is consistent

Isaiah 41:10 “fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Plan to Fail

We have all or nothing policy.

I am going to loose 100 lbs or gain 100 lbs

Daniel 6:10 “When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.”

Do you think Daniel never missed a day?

We just have to stop all or nothing.

God not ask you to perfect, He just asked you to be consistent

Plan to fail forward

Proverbs 24:16 ESV

for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

Don’t let the possible destination distract you from your destination

Joshua 4:19–22 ESV

The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’

In the future

Some are caught in what God has done. We are not stepping in the future

We do not know what the future holds but we know who holds the

He is teaching us in the journey

Trust and acknowledge God

Put God at center - All of live revolves around Him.

Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him, he will make straight your paths.

Acknowledge God on every decision

If dependance is the goal then weakness is the advantage

We try to do everything in our own power and we are not acknowledging the Lord