Talk is cheap. Just listen to a politician! Their mouths are filled with promises that they either cannot or will not fulfill. Some deliberately make false promises. Others tell people what they want to hear, even though they are unable to follow through on their commitments. The key to people is not what they say, but what they do.
When God made a promise to David with His mouth, He backed it up with actions by His hands. That is a beautiful picture of integrity. Integrity is when your hands match your mouth!
Sometimes the key is to avoid promising more things than your hands can deliver. At times our mouth may be sincere, but our hands are too weak or over-committed. It is not that we do not want to do what our mouth promised, it is just that our hands are unable to back up what our mouth keeps saying!
True integrity is when your hands match your mouth! Don’t say things you don’t intend, or are unable, to back up with your actions. Every time your mouth fails to match your hands, you lose credibility with people. In time, they will fail to take anything you say seriously. How seriously do people take your words now?