A Life Of Integrity

-June 13, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Thursday,

“Let me be weighed on honest scales, that God may know my integrity.”

(Job 31:6).

Job, though buffeted, bruised, and burdened by the devil behind the scenes, never lost his integrity. His wife told in Job 2:9, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.”

The word integrity is defined as, “The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.” As believers in Christ, our lives should be characterized by integrity.

Integrity is composed of honesty, sincerity, and trustworthiness. Our integrity isn’t based on us; the Lord helps us. Our word is our bond, the truth is our standard, and honesty is our policy.

Years ago, Raymond Floyd played on the PGA tour. He was among the leaders in the latter stages of a tournament offering a top prize of $108,000.00 for winning. Nowadays there would be three more zeros in the prize money. As he was ready to tap in a routine 9 inch putt for his par, he noticed that the ball moved ever so slightly. According to the rule book, if the ball moves in this way, the golfer must take a penalty stroke. No one seemed to notice, but he took the one stroke penalty and ended up with a bogey.

A man or woman of integrity does what is right in God’s sight. God sees, God hears; and our conscience screams. May the Lord help us to bolster and maintain our integrity. Have a blessed day.

Let our integrity be weighed on God’s scale.

Dean