God Sees Our Desire to Please Him

Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors, and satrap, because an excellent spirit was in him . . . (Daniel 6:3)

Integrity can be defined as the steadfast and constant adherence to a moral or an ethical code.” It is “the state or quality that strives to be complete, free of the corrupting influences of improper motives or methods.” The thesaurus pairs integrity with such words as honesty, completeness, and incorruptibility. In the language of the New Testament, the word integrity translates a complex Greek word containing a negative prefix, the preposition "through", and the noun "corruption". The word very literally describes a man or a woman in whom runs “no corruption through them.” Integrity suggests a consistency between what we do in public and who we are in private. That is to say, what you see in public of a person of integrity is what he or she is in private. This is how Daniel is described in the Bible. Throughout his life, through ups and downs, he remained streadfast in his faith. Everyone saw this, even the "secular" world around him. He did not have a "church" life and a "other" life. His character was admired and rewarded. Though we may never experience the rewards he received on earth, God sees what we go through. It is worth the effort.