What is the Consistency of your Character?

Character. I love how here at MCS there is a foremost focus on your personal character, especially over your talent and abilities. For too many years, we’ve seen and heard people who proclaimed to be living a certain type of lifestyle—only to find out that there was no true character to back that up. It’s time for a generation of people to rise up who say this is not about me, this is truly all about God—therefore I will live a life that speaks of His love, His life. I believe a vital ingredient to someone having “good” character can be summed up in one word, consistency. If someone is not consistent in their lives, then it is as if they had a “moment of character.” In order to be considered a person of character, you must walk out your beliefs consistently. To do so, you must actually know what it is that you believe. Otherwise you can be thrown about as a wave in the sea, or become a chameleon within each diverse environment you find yourself in. Knowing in Whom we believe is our primary objective, but then we must know what we believe. As the old saying states, “You must stand for something or else you’ll fall for anything.” You will find this to be true in whatever circumstance you face if you do not define what it is you believe. Good character is something that is built by each and every thought and choice we make on a daily basis. Your only standard by which to hold your beliefs to is the person of Truth. There is no earthly man that by seeing him make a certain decision gives me permission to live in such a way. The Holy One is my only measuring stick as to what is right, what is truth, what is okay. I don’t want to walk the line—but to aim for holiness, righteousness; they are becoming seemingly extinct in today’s culture. I determine to continue to seek to live a life worthy of the calling.