The Consistency of Inconsistency

There is one thing I have noticed that is becoming more and more prevalent in our society: inconsistency. The definition of that word is:
-not staying the same throughout; having self-contradictory elements
-acting at variance with one's own principles or former conduct :
-( inconsistent with) not compatible or in keeping with
- erratic in behavior or action

I have watched it grow and become more tolerable as time has gone on. We have become terribly efficient at being inconsistent. It is the one thing we are actually consistent at. Inconsistency is easy. It is painless. It produces shallow human beings. Consistency implies perseverance. It implies being constant in an environment of friction. If there is one underlying theme in the lives of the people in the Scriptures it is consistency. They didn't give up. They didn't stop what they were doing. They didn't walk in and out of people's lives. Paul was a man of consistency. David was a man of consistency. Jesus was a man of consistency. John the Baptist-constant. Joshua-constant. I could go on but I think the point is made.

We have taught a new generation that running from problems, hardships, and challenges is the best way to deal with them and in doing so we have a society of people who have no depth or resolve. We have a society of people that are wickedly critical and opinionated. (It is easy to criticize from a distance.) We have a society that chooses the path of least resistance. This consistency of inconsistency is everywhere and we nurture it with our excuses. We take the pills. We divorce the spouse. We leave the church. We runaway. We quit the job. We burn the bridges. We do everything we can to avoid the pain and stress of consistency and in doing so we develop weak individuals who cannot think for themselves. They breed confusion. They cannot stand strong. They cannot produce deep, strong, world impacting people. They make no lasting contribution worth having. The only thing they do is duplicate their inconsistency. Consistency does not equal perfection. If anything it is a journey to perfection. Strain produces strength. Perseverance purifies and deepens us. There is much value and honor in consistency. It is very counterculture right now. It is very outcast-like. It is very needed.