Conformity and Consistency

"I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency." -Self Reliance

Jesus commands us, as believers, to refuse to confrom to the standards of this world. We are to be above reproach in all that we do, and in order to do that we must look different than the rest of the world. I think that too often people confuse adaptability and conformity. While we are not to be OF this world, we are IN this world. We must adapt to working and living IN this world, while at the same time refusing to confrom TO the world's standards. This is a hard thing to do and we will spend our entire Christian lives learning to balance life here on earth while our citizenship is in Heaven.

Consistency on the other hand is not a bad thing. Would you hire someone for a job if their behavior was inconsistent from day to day? One day they come to work with determination and focus, the next day they come to work goofing off, the next day they come angry and hard to get along with, etc... It's the same in the Christian life. Our behavior must be consistent. Granted, we will slip up and fall from time to time, but our lives must show a consistency. Is my character on Monday consistent with my character on Sunday at church? Do I consistently avoid conforming to the world's standards, or do I only avoid it when people are watching? We should ask the Lord to search our hearts and help us to live consistently, passionate, godly lives!

We must be consistent nonconformists!



I commented on Sarah Becky's blog.