“Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees!”

We all try to be good and to get to be better and better.  Well, let’s hope that we all are trying to do this.  But, even as important, or maybe even more importantly, we need to be very consistent in the delivery of our product, service or anything that we do.  In fact, we can be really good at what we do, but if we are inconsistent, then all that good goes out the window. Conversely, we can sometimes be mediocre but because we are consistent, our customers and consumers give us a break and that consistency becomes something they can depend upon. Think about what McDonald’s built from consistency.  Are all of their products the best quality, taste, or cost?  Probably not. But, no matter what restaurant you enter in the U.S. and in most places in the world, the products will indeed taste the same with consistent service and offerings. We can learn something from those companies whose hallmark is consistency.

I was struck by this quote about consistency:

When I read it I felt like it was written for me.  God gives us daily the opportunity to be consistent in our testimony and example for Him.  But, just as like a company can lose ground with inconsistency, so can we.  People are drawn to others who display a consistent behavior, action and language pattern. As we know, there is comfort in predictability and to best care for and serve others, we must be accepted and display a certain amount of comfort with others.  As the quote says, each day we get to recreate and continue our consistency. As we finish this week, what is it that we are doing to stay consistent in who we are?

Reference: Psalm 119:5 (New Living Translation)