Unimpaired

Proverbs 10: 9 says, “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”

Security – it’s what all women want – in fact I’m told it’s at the top of the list.  This verse says those who walk in integrity walk securely.  One definition of “integrity” is “an unimpaired condition.”  So if we walk unimpaired, we walk securely. 

I think it works out like this: 

We can walk in truth (the word of God) by obeying the highest command of loving God and loving others, and we will be wrapped securely & tightly, with a heart that’s set straight and clean.  We can go to bed at night with a clear conscience.

Or we can walk in our own whims and fancies (following our natural desires, whatever they may be) and eventually come to the end of our rope, so to speak, realizing we are lost, without hope  - and those around us might be stunned at what we do.  We go to bed at night alone and afraid.

The only way we can walk in an unimpaired condition is if Jesus walks beside us.  We are all impaired, in need of a Savior.   And all we have to do is ask Him, and He will lead.

Then we can follow – safe and sound.