Integrity (1)
Friday August 25, 2017
Integrity is one of the most valued character qualities a person can have. A person of integrity has strong moral and ethical principles. They are honest regardless of their circumstances, or the company they keep. What you see on the outside is the same person they are on the inside. People of integrity keep their word even when it is not convenient. They are honest in all their dealings, personal and professional. They practice morality in their sexual life, both in mind and body. They are not perfect. They make mistakes and occasionally sin, but they do not cover up offences. They confess them, and deal with any consequences.
Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. (Proverbs 13:6 NIV)
Integrity is not a character quality most of us could claim when we lived in addiction. It’s also not something that automatically appears when we come into recovery. However, integrity can and will be developed in a person who lives according to the Word of God and whose confidence is in God alone.
I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever. (Psalm 41:11-12 NIV) People of integrity have the peace of a clear conscience. When we live according to the Word of God we experience a deep inner peace knowing that we have not violated our conscience or harmed someone else. We can be confident that when someone examines us we will be proven innocent of wrongdoing. In contrast, when our lives lack moral wholeness, we live in constant fear of being “found out” as frauds.
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out. (Proverbs 10:9 NIV)
If our thoughts and desires were exposed today, would we be considered “a person of integrity?”
Prayer: Heavenly Father, My desire is to love and care for others as You have faithfully loved and cared for me. As I walk in Your ways, help me to become a person of integrity. Amen
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