INTEGRITY!

Sunday, March 24, 2019

INTEGRITY!

Job 2:3

3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

           What does integrity look like? In our text the word is the Hebrew tummah which is “innocence.” It means that, even when sorely tried, Job did not respond inappropriately. His personal pain did not cause him to create pain in others or to blame God who allowed the pain.

           The dictionary definition of integrity is “ the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.” A person of integrity is who they appear to be. They are not frauds or pretenders. They will sometimes be blunt but they will always be true. They will keep their appointments and their promises even when it causes them loss to do so.

           The person of integrity is clean. They maintain strong moral principles. They work at it because it is not an intrinsic quality. It must be developed and maintained by constant practice. A million choices are made each day in order to remain morally pure.

Rom 13:13-14

13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; [with the light shining brightly] not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Dear Lord, let our relationship be strong enough to make me a person of integrity. AMEN