Proverbs - Integrity and Our Children

Proverbs 20:7

                                     

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Our integrity is directly linked to our children being blessed.  Integrity is the quality of character that involves truth and humility.  Integrity is connected to our conscience and the fear of the Lord.  When we are women of integrity, our choices are evaluated by the Lord’s standard of right and wrong as well as wise and foolish.  We won’t be women who apathetically respond and react according to any given moment or catalyst.  Rather, our reactions and choices are brought before the Lord seeking to reflect and obey all that He considers right and worthy.  Our financial habits, words spoken and work ethic are to be regarded as arenas where we can’t be rightfully challenged for a lack of integrity.  We don’t hide things from our husbands, we don’t lie on our time cards and we don’t make promises to our children knowing we are unable to keep them.  Other scriptures that can help us understand what it means to walk in our integrity are as follow:

·        Ps 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. – Having integrity will involve waiting on the Lord for His leading and not being an impulsive, stubborn woman.

·        Ps 26:1 Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. – Integrity should be involved with every step we take.  It is trusting the Lord to be right and not trying to fix everything with our own means.  Integrity keeps us stable and not backslidden.

·        Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. - Job’s wife equated letting go of integrity with cursing God.  To be women of integrity and bless our children they should never hear us blaming God or concluding that He has been unfaithful.

Sisters, when we make those righteous choices when no one is looking, we are blessing our children and providing a safe environment for them.  Remember that what is seen in secret will be rewarded openly.