DAY TWO: Consistency

by Shelley Breen

Have you ever had a moment so impactful, that even though it happened long ago, you can remember every detail in your mind’s eye?

It was probably 1992—as Point of Grace was just ramping up—that we spent a lot of time in the city of Houston. A man named Steve Seelig was the singles pastor at First Baptist Church there, and he was working hard on our behalf to make sure the entire world knew about us and our music. We loved Steve with all our hearts; he was a true fan from day one, who eventually became our first booking agent, and ultimately a father figure to us. He introduced us to a wonderful woman from the church who was teaching Sunday school and also beginning her own speaking and teaching ministry for women. Her name was Beth Moore.   

Even in Beth’s beginnings as a women’s Bible teacher, she was so full of wisdom, and you naturally wanted to push the godly insights she gleaned from the Word straight into your soul. I remember so vividly sitting down in Steve’s office with Beth one hot Houston day to talk about where things were headed with our group. She told us we were no doubt on the brink of beginning a long career in Christian music. I’ll never forget Beth looking us straight in the eye and asking, “What do you want people to say about you when your ministry is complete?” 

We all had trouble figuring out what to say—is there even a right answer, we wondered? After we stumbled around for a bit, Beth prodded us in the right direction: “I think the greatest thing you will want to be said of you is that you were faithful.” Truer words were never spoken, and I remember thinking that on one hand that sounded so simple, but being faithful to the Lord’s work, would come to hold so many complexities throughout our career. In the end, that’s exactly what each of us wanted to be said of us and our ministry—that we were “steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,” as 1 Corinthians 15:58 puts it.

Faithful. Steadfast. Excelling. I think these culminate in the word consistency. Whether we are on tour, in our homes, or making everyday little decisions, we wanted to be consistently faithful to do the next right thing that came our way. While we certainly stumble every day, we are ever-aiming to be women who consistently get back up and walk in the faithful direction. We want to know and live out a secret truth: small but consistent and faithful decisions we make to the glory of God over the long haul are the ultimate freedom! Consistency, as it turns out, is an  abundant and good life. That’s been true for us through the course of our ministry, and it’s true for you too. 

READ

Luke 16:10

2 Timothy 3:14-15 

PRAY 

Heavenly Father, Help me to consistently seek you. I pray for greater faithfulness and a steadfastness that seeks your excellence. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.