I pray this post is a challenge to us all to grow and become more of who God has designed for us to be. Be blessed!
DON'T BE A FICKLE PICKLE
FICKLE: To change frequently, unsteady, disloyal in affections
GOD: Malachi 3:6 "For I am the Lord, I do not change”
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8)
Emotions happen. Things go wrong every day, people make mistakes, kids go coo-coo for cocoa puffs, bosses irritate us, you may have spats with your spouse. Maybe you have an argument with a family member, you don’t agree with your pastors decision on something, the house is a mess, but even in all of that... Will you remain consistent?
I think a major challenge that God is calling us as believers to is: TO BE like Him. (exist, move function, think) like Him.
It’s not enough to say I’m a christian because I know a bunch of scripture, or I am the leader of this and that. It’s time to to actually BE like Christ and BE a light to the world.
Take a real assessment of your life. Have you had 10 jobs in the past 5 years? Are you easily offended therefore you switch churches once every 2 years? Have you had a new relationship every other month? Are you friends with this person one week and not their friend the next? Do you feel discontent with your life/ministry so you take on 5 & 6 tasks or responsibilities to feel fulfilled? Are you constantly looking for “the next hot item” to be involved in but never just enjoying your current season?
1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I REASONED like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
REASONING: The act or process of drawing conclusions or judgments
When you allow your reasoning, thoughts and motivations to be governed by the the Holy Spirit life (tho not perfect) becomes calm & peaceful because you’re assuredness and confidence comes from the Lord not the ‘stuff’ that happens. And you draw your conclusions & judgements from TRUTH not Flesh.
I believe the biggest evangelistic tool we have is-- OUR LIFE. And if you’re up one minute and down the next, unstable, unreliable, happy one second sad the next, if you’re affections are all over the map, people will NOT want to listen to you and they sure won’t take you seriously. There are many relationships destroyed because of a lack of loyalty or consistency.
I mean really... would YOU join a church where the leader is inconsistent, emotionally driven, fires this one and hires the other every 3 months, says they don’t like this person, and then they do, just moved by every wind of emotion? I don’t think you’d join that church. nor would I.
So how then do we assume that anyone would want to be in fellowship with us or listen to us if we display this type of inconsistency in our life? People need to know that you’re sturdy. A strong chair where they can sit down and relax-- without the fear of it falling to pieces.
I always say the only roller coasters I’m interested in-- are the one’s at the amusement park. Roller coasters are for entertainment, not for a routine in life!
Malachi 3:6 is a bit redundant if you look at- I AM THE LORD (The everlasting, eternal, sovereign God) I DO NOT CHANGE (I am eternal)
I thinks He was really making a point for us to draw from in our lives. To be like Him and be that example of character & consistency for others.
Lord, help us to draw on you and your spirit for strength, guidance and stability.
Help us to be like the word says in:
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Blessings & Favor,
Alisa Ross
