Transcend: Integrity

Integrity is such a funny thing. Others can think that we are a man or woman of integrity, but we know the truth. To me, it seems like integrity is really how we react when challenged with the easy vs. best road when nobody else is around. Integrity can be revealed when others are present, but i see in my own life that it's those little choices or compromises that we make along our our journey while alone that build it or tear it down. Lately, I feel more conscious about what my actions are saying about God at work. I'm thinking that what i do at home or at work when nobody is looking is revealed in my actions and thought processes, regardless if i want it to come out.

Last week, i had a sad experience with a person in authority who showed a lack of integrity. I didn't want to see it, and i didn't go searching for it....it just slipped and came out. I don't think that they meant for it to come out, but it did. I don't mean to put them down, but it's just an example to me of how murky my heart can be too. What i mean is that until we submit to the Lord and allow our weedy parts to be pulled out from the root, they will continue to grow and sprout, even to the point where we can't hide them from others.

Lord, may you reveal to us each what weedy parts you want us to surrender so that You can pull them out by the root to make us more pure for Your glory. Will you give us opportunities to build our integrity, not by our strength, but by Your strength? Amen.