INTRODUCTION

As this study has shown, integrity is a matter of the heart, yet it also affects every other aspect of a man’s life. Though men sometimes try to separate an individual’s walk from his true heart’s condition, the Bible reveals the futility of such. Testifying to this truth, the Bible speaks of walking in integrity (Psalm 26:1Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
See All..., 11; Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
See All...; Proverbs 20:7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
See All...). The Bible says that “by their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
See All..., 20) and this principle applies to one’s integrity too. Our passage from Proverbs reveals that as the “just” man walks in his integrity, his children are likewise blessed because of his walk. The secrets of a person’s heart are often unveiled in his walk. Furthermore, a man who walks in his integrity does not fear the judgment of God (Psalm 26:1Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
See All...). Men need integrity of heart, but that integrity must manifest itself in their daily walk.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): The Bible says Daniel had already "purposed in his heart" (settled the matter) that he was not going to eat or drink those things that God did not permit, even though it was appointed by the king of Babylon (Daniel 1:5And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
  See All..., 8). Daniel wanted to live so that other people could tell that he loved God. We should live like that too. 
• (For everyone): Do your outward actions display an inward heart of integrity? Do others recognize you as a God-fearing, born-again believer? Do they readily notice that there is something different about you?
• Do your words and actions exhibit righteousness and holiness or perverseness? Do they testify of an innocent heart or one filled with the filth of this world?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask God to show you that your walk in this world is important.
• Ask God to remind you that your actions speak for your heart.

HYMN

Take Time to Be Holy  

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