Your Sin Detector – Your Conscience

So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man. Acts 24:16

When you go through a metal detector in an airport you are required by law to take everything out of your pockets. If you don’t, you set off a beeper. And if you try to hide a gun or a knife, you will probably end up in prison. Your conscience works the same way. When you knowingly do wrong, the Holy Spirit who lives within you will trigger your conscience and an alarm will go off inside you. If you’re wise, you’ll repent of your sin and make the change. Why? Because your alternatives aren’t good! ‘Having faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck’ (1 Timothy 1:19). Think of the word ‘shipwreck’, then picture the word ‘Titanic’. Getting the picture? When God says no, He’s not trying to be hard to get along with; He’s trying to protect you from the iceberg you’re sailing towards. Many of us have security systems in our homes. When we open the door we have thirty seconds before the alarm goes off and the police are called. God has given you an alarm system that works the same way; it’s called your conscience. And there are three things you can do with it: 1) Turn if off. 2) Tune it out. 3) Allow it to guide you and walk in the blessing of God. The writer to the Hebrews said, ‘Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do’ (Hebrews 13:18). That should be your prayer today, and every day!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for giving me a conscience and forgive me when I turn it off or tune it out. Thank You for Your forgiveness, that carries me new each day. In Jesus’ Name, Amen