03/07/2020

Proverbs 19 v 1; Psalms 25 v 21
Walking with integrity

Let’s stand still and spend some time over the next 10 days discussing the 10 standards (principles) from God, presented to us during yesterday’s devotional.

“Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool” (Prov 19 v 1)
Does your life reflect the foolishness and perverseness of this world or the “foolishness of the gospel as the saving power of God” (1 Cor 1 v 18), according to world? Let me explain. Does your mind absorb and reflect everything this world dictates or do you live according to God’s principles, regardless of your financial status?

The passage doesn’t mention the financial state of those who are”perverse in speech and is a fool“, yet it implies that being poor and walking with integrity is better, than being a fool who is perverse in what he says, whether rich or poor.

“Let integrity and uprightness preserve me” (Ps 25 v 21)
Uprightness causes us to follow God’s instructions and as a result meet His requirements for being called His children, while integrity reflects our inward character and outward behaviour. We cannot claim to be a child of God, yet our actions prove the contrary.

Walk with integrity each day, purely because it’s the right thing to do. Not to gain anything from the Lord, other than His approval.

“Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by The Lockman Foundation”