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This week's theme: Consistency.
I'm going to be honest with you today. More honest than usual.
I ALMOST QUIT THIS WEEK
I write to you about showing up. About consistency. About the power of one verse, one prayer, one small step every day.
And this week, I almost didn't.
I sat down to write this devotional and stared at a blank screen for twenty minutes. Nothing came. No inspiration. No "God moment." No verse that leapt off the page and demanded to be shared. Just a blinking cursor and the very loud thought: "What's the point?"
I'm telling you this because I think you need to hear that the person writing your morning devotional has mornings where he doesn't want to open his Bible either.
Consistency is not a personality trait. It's not something some people have and others don't. It's a daily choice. And some days the choice is easy. And some days the choice feels impossible.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
"If we do not give up." Paul wouldn't have needed to say that if giving up wasn't a real temptation. He knew. He'd been beaten, shipwrecked, imprisoned, abandoned by friends. He knew what it felt like to want to stop.
But he also knew what was on the other side of not stopping.
Here's what I've learned about the days when you don't feel like showing up. Those are the days that count the most. Not because suffering is holy. But because consistency that only works on good days isn't consistency. It's convenience.
Anyone can read their Bible when they're feeling inspired. Anyone can pray when things are going well. The question is: will you show up on the days when everything in you says don't bother?
I almost didn't write this today. But I did. Not because I felt like it. Not because I had something brilliant to say. But because I made a commitment to show up for you every morning. And commitments don't expire when motivation does.
The same is true for your faith. Your commitment to God doesn't expire on the days you don't feel it. Your one verse still counts on the mornings when it feels like reading a textbook. Your whispered prayer still reaches heaven on the nights when it feels like talking to a wall.
Show up anyway. That's the whole secret. There is no hack. There is no shortcut. There is no "5 steps to effortless consistency." There is just showing up. Again. And again. And again.
And trusting that the harvest is coming even when all you can see is dirt.
YOUR ONE THING FOR TODAY
If you're having one of those "what's the point" days, here's your permission to make it tiny. One verse. Psalm 23:1. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Read it. Say "thank You." Move on. That's enough. You showed up. The streak continues.
God, I don't feel like being here today. You know that. My motivation is gone and my faith feels like it's running on fumes. But I'm here anyway. Not because I'm strong. Because I'm stubborn enough to keep showing up even when I don't feel like it. Meet me in the stubbornness today. Turn it into faithfulness. Help me to believe that showing up on the hard days matters more than showing up on the easy ones. I'm not giving up. Not today. Amen.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
If you're in a season where everything feels dry and you're wondering whether your faith is even working, I made a video called Give Me 8 Minutes And I'll Help You Get Closer To God. It's a short reset for exactly this kind of day.
OVER TO YOU
Be honest. Have you ever almost quit on your faith? What brought you back? Hit reply and tell me. Your story might be the thing someone else needs to hear today.
God bless you, my friend.
The LowKey Christian
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