Integrity

I grew up thinking integrity was the same thing as honesty, which is not entirely wrong. However, they are not exactly the same thing, as the meaning of one does not fully encompass the meaning of the other. I think of it kind of like a Venn Diagram, which has two overlapping circles that do not completely overlap.

Honesty and truthfulness and honor are all part of integrity, at least when it comes to a persons' characteristics, but integrity has another meaning.

Integrity is when there is nothing but that thing in it. In other words, a garment unmarred by stains, tears, or such has integrity. Gold, unmarred by dross or other impurities has integrity. It is 100% gold, and nothing else.

So a man, a person, when unmarred by the impurities of this world, by vain imaginations, has integrity. When a man is 100% Kingdom, 100% Yahweh, almost, he has integrity. (I say almost because I do not wish to give the false impression that a man is god, which is more like humanism than what I am talking about. I mean, rather, to convey that which is almost unable to be conveyed in mere words but which, in the end, must rather be KNOWN by the Spirit). For a man is not separate from Yahweh if he has integrity. A man is the full pure expression of Yahweh that he is called to be, for each of us is the only unique us-expression of Yahweh there will ever be. I am the only Cassie-expression of Yahweh, as you are the only YOU expression of Yahweh. No one else can or will ever express Yahweh like you will. This makes you special. This makes you important. And it is a heavy responsibility, but it is not one you have to bear alone, since Yahweh bears the yoke.

But back to integrity, a person with integrity is unmarred. I was talking to a friend at ecclesia a few days or a week ago, and she was talking about a prophetic word (a Word of Yahweh revealed to us) and how the Word always will come to pass, but if we try to understand it or picture how it will work...if we let a little thought get in there, problems arise. I began to think about a fly getting into the ointment. The ointment is pure, 100% ointment, and then a little fly enters the ointment. It is a black spot, struggling in the ointment, and ultimately marring the ointment until it is removed. In other words, the ointment no longer has integrity. In the same way, the thought mars the integrity of the Word. The Word is not deficient, for nothing of Yahweh is ever deficient, but if what you have received is not 100% Word, this received hybrid could be deficient.

So, I want integrity. I want to receive 100% Yahweh and only 100% Him. I want to BE 100% Yahweh, and nothing else. And so, I will not allow that which is not of Him to mar my integrity. And I will not input such things as TV shows or books that would mar the integrity of Yahweh in me. For I will not be a hybrid. I am a remnant.

HalleluYah!

How beautiful it is to be integrity. To be Yahweh's. To be Cassie-expression of Yahweh. And how beautiful YOU are when you express Him!

Cassie