{"id":3221,"date":"2011-05-31T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2011-06-01T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T23:46:42","slug":"achieving-a-joyful-life-of-integrity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2011\/05\/31\/achieving-a-joyful-life-of-integrity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Achieving a Joyful Life of Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Pastor Patrick Cho<\/em><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: This post was originally posted on February 7, 2007 on the Shine the Light! blog. We have since incorporated all that content into the Beacon, and you can even find the original version of this post here<\/a>. Pastor Patrick has kindly agreed to help take you on a bit of a tour of some of those articles, in the hope that you will be encouraged to explore that content yourself. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n

I have been reading through Psalm 119 in my daily devotions and it really has been a blessing to my soul! Reading through it carefully has helped to reveal the many comforts and encouragements the Psalmist receives from spending time in the Word. It seems like such a simple thing to be reminded to be in the Scriptures, but I wonder how often we consider the many reasons why we should earnestly seek God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n

Even in the first stanza the Psalmist reveals some of his reasoning. He writes, \u201cHow blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD.\u201d The word \u201cblameless\u201d literally has the idea of being whole or complete and is one of the Old Testament words for integrity. The idea behind the Hebrew word \u201cway,\u201d simply speaking, is one\u2019s manner of life. The complete thought is that happiness belongs to the one whose manner of life is marked with integrity.<\/p>\n

But how does one achieve a joyful life of integrity? The Psalmist answers that question in the same breath \u2013 by walking in the Torah of YHWH. This reminds me of the thought in Psalm 1, \u201cHow blessed [or happy] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked . . . . But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.\u201d I found this to be a great reminder of the blessing that is found when one seeks to walk according to God\u2019s Word. This is the one who does no unrighteousness (Ps. 119:3). This is the one who is not ashamed (Ps. 119:6). This is the one who is not forsaken of God (Ps. 119:8).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Pastor Patrick Cho Editor\u2019s Note: This post was originally posted on February 7, 2007 on the Shine the Light! blog. We have since incorporated all that content into the Beacon, and you can even find the original version of this post here. Pastor Patrick has kindly agreed to help take you on a bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pastors-corner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}