Persistently Consistent
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“Four things on the
earth are small; nevertheless, they are very wise — the ants, a species not
strong, yet they store up their food in the summer…” (Proverbs 30:24-25,
Complete Jewish Bible)
We all have heard stories
of the ants, of how they work and work and work. I can certainly attest to
that. Living here in the South (southeastern part of the USA) over these past
30 years have presented many encounters with the red fire ants. These are the ones
that when they bite you, you know it because it hurts. Then a short time later,
small, red blisters cover your ankles or elsewhere on those parts of the body
that were exposed. Sometimes they even get you under your socks, and then it is
later that you feel their bite. Just great.
I have found a method
that works for me, to rid my beautiful, weed infested yard of their hills. For
if you don’t deal with them, you will have nice mountains of red clay all over
your scenery. So what I found that works is this.
Step on the
mound with your foot (shoe on of course) to flatten the mound out. This causes
them to eventually move on to the neighbor’s yard. Or if the mound has already
grown to be bigger than your foot, take a plank of wood, lay it on top, step on
it, and then roll it over to smash the next section. Repeat as needed. Works
every time! No pesticides. No hot buckets of water to carry. No bleach killing the rest of your lawn.
It must be said of the ant colonies – they are persistently consistent.
They never give up. They never give in. They keep on working even better than the Energizer bunny did. (Is he still around, or did his battery finally die out?)
One thing that I have found that also “works” in my Christian life, in order to be faithful in the small and the large, is to be persistently consistent in what I do. Then I trust, as He promised, that I will finish the race and get His reward.
After all, who doesn’t like rewards? Even Zoe, our 10-year-old loving Dachshund, knows that if she consistently finishes her doggy supper she gets a rawhide bone! You can bet she likes rewards.
Zoe driving my Hyundai Elantra.
"If you are
faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are
dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. And
if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true
riches of heaven? And if you are not faithful with other people's things, why
should you be trusted with things of your own?”
(Luke 16:10-12) New
Living Translation
Want to know what are
some things in the disciplined Christian life that pleases our Father in
heaven? Seeing His children be faithful in prayer, spending time learning about
His ways in His Written Word, and being the one who others can count on when a
need is needing to be met.
If you learn to be
persistently consistent in your doing, you shall obtain the reward, and help others
achieve that objective also.
Good servants of the Most High can be counted on, for they have learned to press on and not give up.
Good servants of the Most High can be counted on, for they have learned to press on and not give up.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People,
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