Conscience is designed to govern our thoughts and
action, urging choices toward what is right and pleasing to God. The job of conscience
is to develop an acute awareness in the mind and spirit when there is danger of
engaging in behaviors harmful to one’s values and self-respect. How important
is your conscience to you.
Conscience has been
called the inner voice of God, alerting us to unacceptable motives, thoughts
and actions. It’s difficult to listen to the voice of conscience when secret
desires and motives override what is acceptable to God. It isn’t sinful to have
a bad thought, but to nurture the thought is a serious sin.
Proverbs
23:7 issues this warning: “For as a person thinks in his heart, so he is.” This
warning is against having detrimental thoughts that result in wrong choices and
hurtful actions. However, we can choose to have the mind of Christ, allowing
our thoughts to be anchored in him. It’s possible to do this, but it takes
determination.
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