Constancy is the quality of remaining the same under different conditions — in prosperity and adversity, in the presence of friends and of enemies, when faithfulness is rewarded and when it is punished. God Himself is the great example: "For I am the LORD, I do not change" (Malachi 3:6). Christ is "the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). A man of constancy does not keep one face for church and another for the office, one voice for his wife and another for his buddies, one conviction for comfort and another for crisis. Job's constancy is proverbial: "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15). David prayed, "Unite my heart to fear Your name" (Psalm 86:11) — the cry of a man who knew His own inconstancy and asked God to make Him whole. Constancy is not rigidity; it is integration. A constant man is the same man through.
CON'STANCY, n. Fixedness; a standing firm; stability; immutability; perpetuity.
CON'STANCY, n. 1. Fixedness; a standing firm; hence, applied to God, immutability; perpetual duration; unchangeableness of mind or purpose. 2. Firmness; stability; unalterable continuance; perseverance in purpose; stability of affection.
Malachi 3:6 — "For I am the LORD, I do not change."
Hebrews 13:8 — "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
Job 13:15 — "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him."
Psalm 86:11 — "Unite my heart to fear Your name."