Integrity of Heart

By Rev. Lonnie C. Crowe

In this day we are seeing a fulfillment of Isaiah 60:1-2: “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.  For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”

Darkness has covered the earth and gross darkness the people, but answering the urging of the Holy Spirit, the Church has arisen and is shining.  However, the glory of the Lord will be seen upon us only as we continue to present a united front against the wiles of the enemy.  Satan has come in like a flood, but our God has risen a standard against him. (Isaiah 59:19).  That standard is integrity. 

Though King David was not a perfect man, he repented and became a man after God’s own heart.  He became a man of integrity.  One with integrity is one of moral principle.  One who is whole.  One who walks his talk.  

Psalm 78: 70-72: “He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:  From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.  So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.”

 The spiritual warfare continues.  We must pray that our leaders, on all levels, spiritual and secular, will be people of integrity who, in that integrity, will guide by skillfulness of hands. 

Christians have a vital role, and we have been given spiritual authority by our heavenly Father to exercise that role.  The Church is the city on the hill that cannot be hidden.  We must set the example.  We must be people of unwavering integrity.   The good soil has been tilled.  The good seed has been planted.  The world and all of creation is groaning for the fruit of the Spirit to flourish. 

We declare that through our words and our actions, through our integrity, His glory will be seen upon us.