How I Practice Consistency as a Christian

By Guest Writer: Eniola Erivona

I asked God for the grace to be consistent, and He led me to these insights:

I commit everything I have to do into God’s hands and ask for the grace to complete them each day.

It’s less about doing things in my strength and more about total surrender.

I am less concerned about how I get things done and more concerned about getting them done.

I don’t try to be perfect, I just ensure I’m “getting things done."

When I skip a task, I don’t waste time beating myself up about how I could’ve gotten it done by now. I just focus on doing it.

I try not to make promises until I’ve developed an ample amount of trust in myself in that area.

I spend more time doing stuff than wasting time thinking about doing stuff.

There’s something called noise (anything that distracts you from your goal for that day). I ensure that I am ruthless to noise.

Having worked with all these in mind, I discovered that I started to fall in love with the process.

I’m someone who doesn’t really want to do anything, but I realised that the life I want to live is on the other side of relentless years of disciplined work and sowing, and I’m committed to making this sacrifice.

It was hard, but it’s getting easier. I can feel myself growing into loving the process I used to detest and complain about.

January through June were months where I was trying to impress until I got the understanding that if I wanted to grow, I had to impact(especially myself), not impress.

I now do things more from a place of obedience, and less from a place of “wanting to impress”.

I stopped trying to hit goals and focused more on getting things done, and especially soaking myself in the process of getting things done (I’ll hit the goal anyway).

It’s been a journey, I’m still on it, and don’t wish to stop being on it.

If I were to be asked — what’s the one thing you love the most about God, I’ll say this:

The fact that a being like Him chooses to always be there for me, ready to listen, and even answer requests of mine is more humbling than anything I can think of.

You and I both know how difficult it can be to always be there even for our loved ones, but God is, and will continue to be there. Such commitment.

I strive for it, I long for it.

Consistency is the one thing God is known for. And I strive to be known for that, too.

Cheers to growth..

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© Eniola Erivona