“Spiritual consistency”

Consistency: steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form. The word for the day is your: “Spiritual Highs Will Not Prevent Spiritual Lows”Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, so let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. 1 Kings 19:2. {CTr 163.1}Had Elijah, knowing he had done the divine will, maintained his confidence in God, had he made God his refuge and strength, standing steadfast and immovable for the truth, the impression made upon the king and the people would have wrought a reformation. Elijah had been braced for trial under the inspiration of God, but when Jezebel’s threatening message was brought to him and shouted in his ear, awakening from a deep sleep, he lost his hold on God. . .. {Christ Triumphant 163.4} This was the time when he should have had courage in the Lord, showing a living, active faith. He should not have fled from his post of duty. God had given him a wonderful manifestation of His power to assure him that He would not forsake him, that His power was wholly sufficient to sustain him, for He was the Lord of the powers of heaven and earth[1]. {CTr 163.5} Ephesians 4:1  I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called. Walk in them .... Walking in good works should be a habitual practice, not as something demanded, but as a natural expression of the new life that has been created in the believer (2 cor 5:17 therefore in anyone be in Christ…). The Architect of the universe is also the Architect of souls, working according to an eternal purpose (ch. 1.4). God has provided not only the opportunity for good works, but also the means for their performance 1 Corinthians 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.Steadfast, unmovable .... Believers, we are urged to remain firm in our faith, allowing nothing to disturb us. This appeal to rocklike stability is reinforced by the grand truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the light of such wonderful assurances for the future, SDA believers should not be influenced by the manifold temptations of the devil, whether to indulge fleshy practices or, through the avenue of worldly philosophy, to turn from the certain facts of the gospel. No person or thing is to be permitted to shake us from the foundation of our faith and hope in our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.Abounding .... The great incentive to continual activity in the cause of truth is the positive assurance that such efforts will not be "in vain in the Lord, (ONLY GOD!)" but will result in the salvation of souls and the advancement of the glory of God. Galatians 6:9   And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. If we faint not .... Only those who endure to the end can expect to receive a reward for doing well. Too often in the Christian warfare would-be soldiers of the cross have fainted and given up the struggle. Overcome with temptation or disheartened in the way, they have turned wearily from following their Master. Paul cites the case of Demas, one of his faithful colaborers, who was attracted by the things of the world and returned to his former way of living (2 Tim. 4.10; cf. Col. 4.14) . give up worldly living, give up practicing sin give up and turn to God your maker and King. How often this experience has been repeated since Paul's day On the other hand, what a picture of heroism is preseSend us Fan Mail Pastor Ricardo and Nuvia McCalla and company