Thursday, September 28, 2017

 
 
Devotional for Thursday, September 28, 2017
“The Honor of Good People”
 
God our integrity
 
by Dona Hake
 
Today we are meditating God being our integrity.   The honor of good and godly people is to walk in their Lord’s integrity.  First I would love for you to read this short quote as we think about our Lord guiding us in the ways and path of integrity.
 
“God shall be my hope, My stay,
my guide and lantern to my feet.”
William Shakespeare
 
If God is our hope, we have established in our hearts that He is going ahead of us. Our eyes are fixed on Him with great confidence and expectation.   When we see Him as our stay, He is always all that we need in the present. He shall be the loving Anchor of our soul, and we shall not be moved.   When He is our guide, He is the ultimate compass that moves in the greatest of accuracy.    As He is our lantern to our feet we will be moving in His divine direction with great illumination all around us.  This is the walk of a godly man or woman.  This is the walk and life of showing forth His integrity.
 
Now let us look closely at what the word integrity means:

It means to adhere to a moral or ethical principle.   
It is the soundness of moral character, honesty. 
 Integrity is the state of being whole, entire or undiminished.   
 
 
As we practice living, breathing and moving by the Spirit of the Living God, we will be a people of great honor and integrity.  From the depths of our being there will  be a passionate desire to please Him and do the right thing.  We will adhere to His precepts, and we will walk in God’s character which is sound and moral remaining whole, entire and undiminished.  Oh the beauty of walking in the integrity of our God!
 
Proverbs 11:3
New Life Version
“The honor of good people will lead them…”
 

We thank you Lord that Your integrity shall guide us, and that Your integrity in us will  draw people to You! We praise You for being our Hope, our Stay, and the Lantern to our feet that we may exhibit integrity in our lives.