It guides our actions
The integrity of the upright will guide them... (Proverbs 11:3 NKJV)
Don’t you appreciate connecting and interacting with people who are sincere, trustworthy, honest, authentic, and who do what they say they will? People who keep their commitments, who when you tell them something personal, keep it confidential? I do. Of course, no one is perfect, and even trustworthy people slip up from time to time, but I am at peace when I’m around people who have good character, who have integrity, who live their lives based on principles that they hold to even when it’s difficult.
Integrity means having a fixed moral foundation which is the touchstone for your actions. For Christians, that touchstone is God’s Word. When we know God’s Word, we know what He has revealed about Himself, His attributes and nature, so we know what He has told us is important to Him, and we try to live our lives in a manner which reflects what He says is important. We believe in His values, and we adopt them as our own inner values, and then we work to consistently sync our inner values with our outward words and actions.
We know from His Word that God values integrity: honesty, uprightness, keeping our word once we’ve given it, and trustworthiness. “O LORD, who shall sojourn in Your tent? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart.” When our God-centered integrity becomes our touchstone, it guides our actions. [1]
Integrity means that your private life matches your public profession of Christ. - Tony Evans
[1] Anchor Integrity—Part 1
