Consistency Is The Key

"Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come." 1 Timothy 4:8

The key in any type of training is consistency. Improvement in any arena is impossible without consistency. Today's verse talks about training for Godliness producing benefits in this life and the life to come. I truly want my life to reveal God. I want what I do, how I treat people, how I speak, everything to reveal God. I want Godliness to be revealed in my marriage, in my parenting, in my work ethics, in my relationships. When thinking about this scripture today I thought, what is the first thing that I would like people to think of when my name is first mentioned? How do I get there? The key is consistency. Thinking about 2009 I want to start mapping out the areas of my life that I struggle with consistency in. It's ok to struggle by the way, struggle means there's a fight, I rather have a fight in me then no fight at all. Even Paul said "...we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God..." It's going to be a struggle to get to anything that will echo in eternity. Words like "I made it", "I believe", "we won" all carry consistent hard work in the back drop. There's something about consistency that reminds you of how far you have come and how much you have to go, it keeps you sharp, it keeps you progressing and keeps you growing. Living life without consistency is like saying you want to win an Olympic medal and not train for it. What does your life, relationship with God, marriage, children, home, relationships, finances, look like if you are consistently training to improve in Godliness?