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Integrity or Perversity, It’s Your Choice

Scripture
He who walks with integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will become known.
(Proverbs 10:9)
Devotional
The man who walks with integrity, walks by a strict set of morals. His way is well-defined, not so much by his direction, but by the path he chooses. The path of integrity is straight and narrow. It is simply the way of Christ. His destination is fixed---it’s a place called heaven. How he walks his path is the most important purpose in his life. As long as he is in this earthly tabernacle, the journey is what truly matters.
The man without integrity is quite frankly perverse. His destination is unsure. Thus he attempts to achieve self-satisfaction for the sake of self alone. Neither God nor man is important to his motives. Man is to be used, and God is sought for personal gain. The best of plans of the man without integrity are perverted plans. We all desire security; why not seek it with integrity?
Text For The Day
Proverbs 10:9: He who walks with integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will become known.
 
Thought For The Day
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” John Wooden former UCLA basketball coach.
Questions To Ponder
·         What is the true foundation of integrity? By whose measure is it to be applied?
·         How does integrity and security go hand-in-hand?
·         What values make up your measure of integrity? 
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  In a word, the highest and only measure of integrity is Christ. Integrity in itself is fluid; the degrees of it are immeasurable. Everyone has a level of it, from the thief to the priest, but the only true measure of noble integrity is Christ Jesus the Lord.
 
Referencing: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me,” Psalm 23:4.
 
Applying: Do not measure integrity by anyone other than Christ. Let Him be the standard by which all that you do is measured.