May integrity and uprightness protect
me, because my hope, Lord, is in you. Psalm 25:21 Integrity. I've been riveted on this
word all week. Integrity comes from the word “integer,” which means “unit
of one.” Applied to our life integrity isn’t the pieces of the pie; it’s
being the whole pie. Integrity shows up in the stuff that nobody sees.
Like our life behind the scenes, the minor, the unobserved, the unspectacular
choices of life where we do the right thing even though nobody’s ever going to
see it. When you do something good, don’t do it in front of others so
that they will see you. If you do that, you will have no reward from your
Father in heaven. Good
advise, because it’s possible
to live one life publicly and another life privately. That’s not integrity;
it’s an invitation for God’s discipline. Just a Sunday Thought. Peace…Pastor
Keith