Confidence in God leads to commitment and consistency. When we are confident in God, we understand His covenantal commitment to us in Jesus Christ, and see that a life with God must bring our ‘yes’ to God and to His plans, even when we do not always understand them. Jesus models commitment to us (Heb 10:7, Luke 22:42) and enables us to live a surrendered life where God’s will becomes our priority.
Commitment is worked out in everyday life through consistent living, when we reflect God’s faithfulness, love, kindness and forgiveness in how we live. If we grow up with inconsistency – never knowing if we are accepted, always treading on eggshells as it were because of moods and volatility – growth is hindered, because we become wary and withdrawn, unwilling to risk being hurt. But God never changes (Mal 3:6), and so we can be assured that He will always treat us the same and that we can know where we stand with Him. His Holy Spirit grows consistency in us as the fruit of the Spirit so that we can model consistency which, far from being dull, gives stability in an unstable and insecure world.
