Jeremiah 17:7-8 English Standard Version

7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. 8 He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes,  for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

We live in an ever changing world. It seems to be more and more difficult to remain consistent when everything around us is spinning out of control. Everything in the world tells us to adapt or die. So why is consistency important?

For those who love us and have strong ties, inconsistency is a sign to others that something is wrong with us. It can be physical or it could be spiritual. As these writings deal with spiritual matters more than the physical, let me explain.

Jesus went off each night to commune with the Father. His ability to stay focused on the task at hand in the midst of all the attacks against Him came from that time spent alone with the Father. He was consistent in the one thing that the world had never seen before, the love of the Father in a man.

John 5:37,6:46,14:9 (in part) And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.

Jesus showed the lost and dying world the Father and how Jesus was in the world is how God the Father is in the world for those who are rooted and grounded in love. Jesus never faltered in showing the love of the Father to us. He showed us how love acts. Jesus was consistent.

We can look at the fear and doubt of His disciples and relate to their lack of understanding of what was going on. Even when Jesus spoke to them plainly about what he was about to accomplish, they did not want Him to do it, they didn’t want Him to go to the cross.

Philippians 2:8 English Standard Version (ESV) And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

How Jesus knew what to do came to Him in His quiet time.