I'm struggling to pass Stats 120 in Costaatt. It has been a very difficult journey for me, and part of me wishes I could just drop out of school and give up. I've cried out to God for help, but I'm still in the valley of despair where this course is concerned.
What does this have to do with integrity? Well, it occurred to me that I could ask someone to do the take-home assignments for me. No one would know but me. Yeah, right! Jesus would know, and he would expect better from me, because integrity is what you do when no earthly person is looking.
I stumbled upon this devotional from Ric Warren and decided to borrow it for today's blog.
2 Corinthians 4:2 (MSG) We refuse to wear masks and play games. We
don’t maneuvre and manipulate behind the scenes. And we don’t twist God’s Word
to suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we do and say out in the open.
Integrity demands that every area of your life is treated with the same
intensity. You have the same commitment to excellence in your marriage as you
do in your career. You have the same commitment to excellence in ministry as
you do in your parenting.
How can I become a person of
integrity? You can become a person of integrity by:
Keeping your promises. People of integrity
keep their word. If they say they’ll do it, they do it. If they say they’ll be
there, they show up.
Proverbs 25:14 People who promise
things that they never give are like clouds and wind that bring no rain. (TEV).
Paying your bills. You may not think
this is a big deal, but it’s a big deal to God. Do you spend more money than
you make? That is a lack of integrity. Do you get yourself in debt for things
that you can’t pay off? That is a lack of integrity.
Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow
and never pay back.
Refusing to gossip. God is looking for
men and women of integrity who know how to keep a secret and not pass it around
on social media. Don’t talk about people behind their back. Don’t even listen
to gossip!
Proverbs 11:13 MSG A…gossip can’t be
trusted with a secret, but someone of integrity won’t violate a confidence” ().
Faithfully tithing. Wherever you put
your money first is what’s most important to you.
Malachi 3:8-10 Is it right for a
person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. ‘How?’ you ask. In
the matter of tithes and offerings …. Bring the full amount of your tithes to
the Temple …. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows
of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things. (TEV)
By doing your best at work.
Colossians 3:23 Work willingly at
whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
(NLT)
If you’re a believer, your real boss
is God, and whether or not anybody else sees your work, God does.
By being real with others. A person of
integrity doesn’t act one way in church and another way at work and another way
on the golf course, and another way at school, and another way in Trinidad and Tobago and another way when they go abroad.
2 Corinthians 4:2 (MSG) We refuse to wear
masks and play games. We don’t maneuvre and manipulate behind the scenes. And
we don’t twist God’s Word to suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we do
and say out in the open.
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