Walking Securely....

The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out. Proverbs 10:9

In my growing up years I recall my parents telling me every once in a while...."be careful, your sins will find you out." ...and (dramatic pause) they were right. The whole hiding secret sin gig never really panned out for me. I tried. Things like throwing up for "no apparent reason" in front of my whole high school band on a Saturday morning before going to a parade....well, let's just say I had trouble hiding my Friday night sin. Branches sticking out of the bottom of my dad's oldmobile (that I wasn't able to see the night before) was a dead giveaway that the car had gone places where cars were really not meant to go. I'll stop there. You get the point-- Somehow, someway, in the end, sin is always exposed. But, the verse above also reveals a better reality. The man of integrity walks securely. I like that. There is something really good about walking securely. But, walking securely is simply the consequence of living a life of integrity.

Lord, help us to forsake the crooked path that leads only to humiliation. Help us to be people of integrity so that we are able to walk securely.