Integrity - How to Achieve Success by Building Biblical Principles into Your Business / Career

by Dave Kahle

           In an earlier article, I unpacked one such principle: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  Biblically, Jesus said this in Matthew 7:12.  Practically, it’s incredibly good advice upon which you can build a personal character and a corporate culture.

           In this article, I’m going to add another Biblical principle that coincides with best business practices:  Do everything with integrity. Build integrity into your personal character and your corporate culture.

           Let’s begin with a definition:  According to Dictionary.com, integrity is “adherence to moral or ethical principles.”   Biblically, the New Testament Greek word which is translated as Integrity in English means “Honesty and adherence to a pattern of good works.”  It is one of the core Christian... CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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     I never will forget his answer.  “It doesn’t make any difference,” he said.  “The important thing is not why something happens in your life.  The important thing is what you do about it.”

      Here’s what he meant.  As a Christian, your response to adversity should be something like this: You pray more fervently for God to give you direction and strength, and for Him to be involved in resolving your situation.  You depend on your family and other Christians to help.  You seek counsel from wiser and more experienced people around you.  And you act with principle and ethics, and you don’t try to steal, cheat or lie your way out of the situation.

     If you respond to your adversity in some way similar to this, then the situation and your response to it will serve to bring you closer to God, deepen your character, and make you a stronger person.  In addition, we have God’s promise that he will work out this difficulty for you in some way that turns to good.

And that will happen regardless of the cause of your adversity.  So, the important thing is not to worry too much about why something happens, rather, the important thing is to concentrate on your response to it.  God will use it to bring about good in your life.

       That, in part, is what the verse means that says:

Rom 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 

       The “all things” in that verse means exactly what it says.  All things.  Bad things as well as ... READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

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