INTEGRITY

In my integrity, You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever. Psalm 41:2

A couple bought a pizza and headed for  a nearby park. When they opened the box, however, they found not only the pizza but the receipts and sales from the previous day which had been hidden there. Fearing that they might be accused of theft, they returned the money. The owner of the shop, so impressed at their honesty, said, “Let me call the newspeople and have them do a story. Immediately the couple was horror-stricken. “Oh please, don’t do that.” They pleaded, “We’re not married.”

“Nobody almost has integrity,” says Chuck Swindoll. “You either have it or you don’t!” If he is right then far too have-it” category. Today, integrity seems to have been corrupted by the importance of ourselves and the pressure to get the job done, no matter what the cost. When every man does what is right in his own eyes, moral chaos follows.

In the New American Standard translation of the Bible, you’ll find 27 references to the word Integrity in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word means straightforward and honest. Five of those references weave a story of testing around Job, who systematically lost almost everything. Even his wife chided him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die! (Job 2:9), but Job neither cursed God nor abandoned his integrity.

Integrity is at the very heart of the Judeo-Christian foundation. This means that the God who gave the Ten Commandments and the moral principles of the Bible still expects us to keep our word and be true to our vows. With God’s help, you can determine to be a man or woman of integrity starting today.

God Bless Us..

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