Psalms 18-19, Acts 20:17-38 • Key Verse: Psalm 19:14
Ever wonder what another person is thinking? We may try to figure it out by what he does or how he looks,
but the best thing is to listen to what he says—or at least you would think so. The fact is, someone may say
one thing but not appear to mean it. We prefer that what a person thinks in his heart is the same as what he
says. Anything else is hypocrisy, which is skin deep. Integrity comes from the depths of the heart.
To develop integrity begin with the prayer of Psalm 19:14: “May the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Think
about how this prayer, lived out, would keep you from hypocrisy and make you a person of
integrity.
First, God knows when your words and your heart match and when they don’t. He wants both to
be the same; anything else is unacceptable to Him. Second, a person of integrity is the same on
the inside as on the outside.
Third, when we please God, our words and meditations will match. And since we want to please
God all the time, our words and meditations will match all the time. The result will be integrity
before God and man. And God will be pleased. So, what are you thinking? Does it match what
you are saying?
Integrity is an important character trait for the child of God. Are you known as a person of
integrity? Begin with the prayer of Psalm 19, and live these words.
Woodrow Kroll & Tony Beckett
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