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Integrity
The Hebrew meaning of Jobs (Integrity)
Simply means innocence. Job was innocent.
So he never lost his integrity. Job was
Tempted, but never acted upon the
Temptations sent his way. Job never
Cursed God. In Job the first chapter
His wife said to him, "Do you still hold
fast to your blameless uprightness?
Renounce God and die. You see in the
Next verse that In spite of it all,
(The calamities) Job did not sin with
his lips. He did however in the next
verse curse the day he was born. He
wished that he had been stillborn
rather that have to suffer so. He
questions why. "Why? Why was not
he a miscarriage, Why is the light
of life given to him who is in misery?
Why is the light of day given to a
man whose way is hedged in?"
He says his sighing comes before his
food, and his groanings are poured
our like water, for all those things he
has greatly feared had come upon him.
He was not at ease, He could not rest,
He could not be quite, yet trouble
came and continued to come upon him.
Jobs friends,.. Whit friends like them
who needs enemies? They dealt with
Job deceitfully. judging him. Yet in
Job the ninth chapter Job says, "God
Is wise in heart, and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against God
And prospered or even been safe?
Though I am Innocent and in the
right, my own mouth would condemn
me. Though I am blameless, I regard
not myself, I despise my life. It is
all one, therefore I say God {does
not discriminate, but} destroys the
blameless and the wicked." Jesus
Himself said.
"Matthew 5:45
( Amplified)
To show that you are
the children of your Father who is
in heaven, For He makes His sun
rise on the wicked and on the good
and makes the rain fall upon the
upright and the wrong-doers { alike}.
"For God is not a mere man as I am,
that I should answer him, that we
should come together in court."
Job loathed his life of suffering, who
Wouldn't? But Job was a man of
Integrity. Job was innocent!
You ask : If I am committed to
being a man of integrity in God's
eyes as Job is. What am I committed
to? My Answer: As you raise the
standards of spiritual intensity, moral
integrity and physical purity in your
personal life, The Glory of God will
envelope you and be a covering against
the onslaught of the devil. Because
you know who God is, you know who
you are. You are God's creation. You
are not above your creator.
You are committed to keeping yourself
Innocent of social moral filth and
You will as I have said before, allow
Integrity to rule your heart and guard
Your conduct. Tough? Yes possible?
Yes! For when we are weak then Christ
In us is strong. We do it in His
Strength, not ours.
"Matthew 5:48
{ Amplified}
You
therefore, must be perfect { growing
into complete maturity of Godliness in
mind and character, reached the proper
height of virtue and integrity}, as your
heavenly Father is perfect.
"Psalm 25:21"
Let integrity and
uprightness preserve me, for I wait
on three.
I heard someone a few years ago say
that if you do not stand for something,
you will fall for anything. As a parent
raising five children, I kept my
standard high. They knew that Mom
stood on the word of God. Godly
integrity comes from our convictions
in today's world, but that has been true
I am quite sure in every generation.
Somehow, a lot of Christian people seem
to thank that God has become more
permissive than he used to be, Not So!
God Does Not Change His Moral Laws.
Our integrity does not bow at the alter of
self-preservation, or self-promotion. And
It never cowers to the current moral
climate of the day. Integrity is the
backbone of every man or woman of
God who separates themselves from what
Is socially acceptable, but morally
Incorrect. We need to allow Integrity
to rule our hearts and guide our conduct,
because integrity is who we are when
no one else is looking.
"Proverb 20:7"
The man walketh in his
integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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