Integrity Matters

Counting one to ten is one of the first things children learn. Danny learned to count from one to ten in English, then in Spanish.  A few of his cousins taught him to count from one to ten in German.  Unfortunately, they also taught him some German words which had nothing to do with counting!

Have you seriously considered how much integrity matters to God?  Unfortunately, we’re note born with integrity – it’s something we’re taught and practice.  And, by the way, one cannot be described as having a little bit of integrity – it’s all or nothing with integrity!  It’s serious to God so it must be serious to Believers.  In the Old Testament, God said Job's integrity restrained & established him.  Psalm 25:21 says integrity preserves us, Proverbs 7:3 says integrity guides us, Proverbs 19:1 says it's better to be poor yet walk in integrity, and Proverbs 20:7 says the just man walks in integrity.  How can we not agree [with God] that integrity matters. If integrity doesn’t matter, why do we care who fixes our car, who cooks our food, who sells us insurance, where we invest our money, who teaches our children, who leads our country?  Of course, integrity is a serious matter and God calls us to live every area of life with serious integrity.