Bible Reading: Proverbs 20
Key Verse: Verse 7 – “The just man walketh in his integrity: his
children are blessed after him.”
Key Words: The just man walketh in his integrity
In Proverbs 20:7a we are told that, “The just man walketh in his
integrity.” The word integrity comes
from the Latin word integer. It’s a math
term meaning whole number. The idea
behind integrity is that we are whole, that our walk and out talk are one. We do what we say we will do and we are what
we say we are. Today so many people
freely attribute integrity to others, but are you aware that in the entire Word
of God only three people were ever said to have integrity, Abraham, David , and Job. The reason so few people have integrity is
because of the pressure placed on them to lose their integrity. For example, Job was attacked by Satan so he
would lose his integrity. His wife put
family pressure on him, and then his friends pressured him, all so that Job
would lose his integrity. No wonder so
very few people keep their integrity.
Now integrity is not so much what I say about myself as what others say
and see about me. I remember for one of
my college final exams we had twenty questions.
Numbers one and twenty were blank but numbers two through nineteen had
questions our beside them. The professor
asked us verbally question number one, “Do you have integrity?’ Yes or no was the only acceptable answer. Then he told us to answer questions two
through nineteen and turn our papers over on our desk. After everyone was finished, he took our
exams and then passed them out and said, “Now look at the name on the exam you
have before you and look at question number one. If you believe they were truthful about their
integrity, give them five points.
Integrity is not what you think of yourself, it is what others see in
you.”
Today when others look at you, they’ll reach a decision about your
integrity. What decision will they
reach?
What to do:
✞Always practice integrity.
✞Parents, remember integrity is not so much taught as caught.
✞What would others say about your integrity?.
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