October 17
The Lord expresses confidence in His people regarding those who walk uprightly in the integrity of their hearts. Proverbs 10:9 says, for example, “The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.” It is comforting to anyone to be told by the God of the Universe that his walk is secure.
One of life’s basic necessities is for security. All our striving is toward the goal of obtaining the things we need—food, shelter, clothing, a viable income—things that enable us to have a sense of well-being, a sense of being unthreatened by the ups and downs of life. We want to know we can handle the challenges that come our way.
A building block in the foundation of integrity upon which a man endeavors to construct the structure of his life is truth. Proverbs 13:5 tells us, “The righteous hate what is false.” The brother of the Lord says in his brief book, “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways,” James 1:8.
If life’s foundation is built upon anything but truth and the integrity it produces in a man, he will find the entirety of his existence spent upon a futile attempt to gain the security, the sense of well-being, the sense of being safe even when confronted by threatening circumstances that the Lord extends to those who establish their lives upon His honor.
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