Consistency

Consistency is one of the themes our youth group has for this year. While our great youth leader was pushing his hoarse throat to it's limits this evening, I was realizing how uninspiring consistency can be. Don't misunderstand me, the message was great! It's only that faithfully plodding along, day in and day out, probably isn't the normal message that is taught to teenagers.

I feel that, as a whole, teens aren't that hard to figure out. We're transitioning between childhood and adulthood. We want to embrace new and hard challenges, blaze a new trail, make a name for ourselves, essentially, we would like to change the world in our own way. Most sermons that are tailored for teens are about stepping out of your comfort zone, finding your calling, radically trusting in God, ect. However, rarely are teens challenged in the every day, mundane things.

Ah, therein lies the irony. Perhaps if teens were challenged to do the little hard things, such as having a consistent walk with God and daily disciplines, we would see more teens who were changing the world. After all, you have to learn to crawl before you can run.

I know that in my personal life this year, I feel the need to be consistent and diligent in my daily walk with God. Yeah. It's not the coolest thing to focus on. I would much rather that God would smack me on the side of my head with my life plan all written out–complete with details like: where I should go to school and what for, where I should work, what my ministry will look like in 20 years... you know, the works. Instead, I'm called to spend more time in His word and talk to Him a little more.

It's not glamorous. But as Surge Student Ministries heard tonight, there is power in consistency.