God's
people often fail to live by the values they know please the Lord Jesus Christ.
Integrity is built on inner moral strengths that are enlightened and empowered
by God's presence. When integrity fails, it must be cleansed and set right by
repentance and forgiveness. Integrity depends on a moral character that's
anchored to Christ Jesus by faith and trust.
Integrity helps us face aging. A woman
in her late twenties expressed concern that
the wrinkles that were forming around her eyes had been caused by the unrelenting
stress of her career choice and home life. We need to take inventory regularly to
see if we have concerns about aging that equal this young woman's worries.
If our integrity
remains uncompromised, meaningful work helps sustain integrity while providing freedom
to have a purposeful life. Philippians 2:13 reminds us that "God is working in you to help you
want to do and be able to do what pleases him." When our lives are
centered on Christ Jesus, we make choices that strengthen our integrity.
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