The person of integrity is described as forthright, honest, truthful, reliable, upright, trustworthy, etc. These are qualities anyone who seeks success or achievement in any endeavour is expected to possess.
The reason for this is not far-fetched – everyone wants to deal with a person whose character is spotless so they can go to sleep peacefully knowing there won’t be negative issues to handle in their dealing with such person.
Having said this, it is sad to observe so many individuals of doubtful character out there; people who are ready to deny their actions, dupe unsuspecting allies and cause pain to others for their own selfish interest.
It is because of these unfortunate activities that many reliable people are unable to get required help because the potential helper has probably suffered in the hands of a fraudster and is now unwilling to trust anyone.
The reliable person who after a while becomes frustrated from inability to get required help has a threshold of resistance to wrong doing and may soon afterwards begin to engage in dubious acts to earn a living or to achieve his or her heart’s desires.
At the end of a long period of such wrong acts, the individual eventually comes to a period of regret and wishes the hands of the clock could be turned back so he or she never engaged in wrong doing.
I have tried here to describe a cycle of life that has made the world a rather painful place for many to live in. There are millions of people out there who would never have contemplated living a life engaging in insincere acts but as they usually put it, they had no choice at the time because of their circumstances.
Fortunately, even with such group of people who claim they were forced by their circumstances at the time to engage in insincere acts, there are those who would insist that absolute nothing can ever make them follow such path. These set of people are like a little light in a darkened world.
They are taunted for their forthrightness, mocked, insulted and often times they are targets of assassination plots to get them out of this world. Even at that, very many of them are more than determined to continue to be that little light in a darkened world.
Fear of the unknown and ignorance are the driving forces that make people do wrong things. Such people are discouraged by the many frustrations they encounter on a daily basis in trying to eke out a living. After a while, they cannot withstand the pressure to become insincere and soon start the journey to selfishness not caring who is hurt along the way.
On the other hand, faith, courage and determination are the driving forces that keep the person of integrity on the right path. The person of integrity has the fear of God in him or her and is not willing to compromise that for anything. Such individual derives a sense of joy and inner peace from doing what is right as long as it pleases God and is in tune with God’s word.
In the midst of challenges, such individual turns to God for help having realised that only God can do the impossible. The parable of the Sower as my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ told his disciples in Matthew 13:1-9 and further explained in verses 18-23 of the same chapter aptly describes all I have said here.
If you want to achieve in any endeavour of life, you must have integrity, the fear of God and trust in His word as those qualities would open many doors of opportunities for you in the midst of so much negativism in this world. There is really nothing to gain from wrong doing but a lot to gain from being a person of integrity.
I end this article with the words of my Lord and Saviour Jesus in Matthew 6:31-34, “So do not start worrying: ‘Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes? These are things the pagans are always concerned about. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things. Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.
So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings”.
© copyright Gabriel Ama.
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