"Consistently" -Too

"Thy checks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold." (S.O.S. 1:10)

  To anyone that might wonder, as did I, what the connection was between that post and this verse, I will be happy to say it is surprisingly simple. As it should be, because the Gospel Message is just that, simple! It is the power of God, period, that makes it simple; you either believe it or you don't; that is pretty much how simple the Message becomes, plain and simple!
  Unfortunately, we always try and dress it up, conforming it into something that either makes it look better on us, or into something we can take some credit for, in some way of displaying our worth. To that point, Matthew Henry sums up this verse by saying, "The beauty is not from any thing in themselves, from the neck or from the cheeks, but from ornaments with which they are set off. It was comeliness which I put upon thee, said the Lord; for we were born not only naked, but polluted, Eze. 16:14."
  This is pretty much a result of vanity and pride; as James so simple puts it, "Do ye think that the Scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?" (James 4:5) Which goes all the way back to the very beginning, to Adam. As much as I hate to admit it, it is consistent with every failure and issue we have: we cannot will ourselves to not sin! As soon as we start making these acts of trying to retrain our minds to not sin, by basically saying over and over in our heads, "I am not going to do that; Lord help me not to do that; don't let me do that; etc, etc."
  I think you get the point: we are dwelling on the wrong thing! Paul gives us a little lesson on this in his letter it Philippi, saying, "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." (Philippians 4:8)
  It is those things that are good and holy that must fill our minds: Think on those things of God! All of those wonderful virtues and the truth of His promises over your life. Making it not only the things you think of when you go to sleep, but if you wake up, the thoughts up rise to!
  As you might have heard me say, God's plan all along was to redeem mankind, even before the fall. Why else would He have placed that forbidden tree in the middle of the garden? It became the center of their life, as if it were a constant threat, but at the same time, a constant temptation. But, well within reach, was the Tree of Life! Go figure; did Adam's sin actually begin when he ate of the forbidden fruit, or when he set out to eat of it...

"When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet and law to break. Still, everyone died -from the time of Adam to the time of Moses -even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come. But there is a great difference between Adam's sin and God's gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:12-15) NLT