There are many things I hope my children have. One of those things is integrity. They'll only have integrity if I have modeled it, trained them in it, and taught it. My example is huge. If I do the things I do to benefit ME, then they will do the same. If I bend rules, make plans, and hide things on the basis of "for others", yet it's actually to benefit myself, they will see through my fakeness and I will have failed to teach them to have integrity. It's easy to see when others don't have integrity. It's much harder to see it in myself.
Want to check to see if you have integrity? From Carey Nieuwhof's website, check yourself!
Five signs that show your integrity is in question:
1. It’s all about you.
2. Your self esteem rises and falls with the opinion of others.
3. You’re hiding things.
4. You fail to do what you said you were going to do.
5. You make too many compromises.
How did you do? Could you make some improvements? Start today! Don't delay!
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. Proverbs 10:9
The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God!
Psalm 7:7-9