Daily devotion 3/17 · In All Things Christ

Daily devotion 3/17

“Do You Know Your Conscience?”

“keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”

~ 1 Peter 3:16 NIV

To help us distinguish between right and wrong, our Heavenly Father has given us a conscience that serves as a kind of spiritual life radar. So the condition we keep our conscience in will determine how much we can trust ourselves. Let’s start with our

sacred conscience; it is one that has been kept spotless through confession of sin (1 John 1:9) and reflects a desire to know and follow God's will. Once we are cleansed, we can live without guilt, walking openly and transparently. When we do sin, we know immediately that we need to get right with God by confession and acceptance of His mercy and grace.

Let’s look at struggling conscience; it is clogged with rules and regulations, and its spirit of legalism makes us critical of our daily life performance. Having created our own system of

"should, ought, and must," we use it to determine right or wrong. In doing so, we show a lack of understanding about God's true righteousness, which can never be replaced with self-righteousness (Philippians 3:8-10).

Now our soiled conscience; it is stained from harboring sin. If we consistently choose our way over God's, we lose sight of what's beautiful and true in our Creators world we live in. Remember the seared conscience is insensitive to this world’s sinful nature. When we resist and ignore its warnings, it will become numb and unresponsive.

So today we must ask God to show us how well is our conscience is operating, and where there's room for improvement, allow Him to restore it. So to fix or renew our conscience involves moving from guilt to awareness and aligning our actions with higher principles through Jesus Christ.

“Let your conscience be your guide.”

~ Elizabeth Gilbert

“holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.”

1 Timothy 1:19 NIV

Amen…

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