The Conscience

God’s fingerprints are all around us. We see evidence of His glory and greatness when we look at nature. He reveals Who He is through His creation. Even when mankind tries to destroy or alter nature, God’s power is greater. Mankind suffers natural consequences when trying to manipulate God’s divine order of things. 

Even those who don’t know God, have a deep inner knowing that there is The Divine. God created mankind in His image and gives each person a moral conscience, an awareness of what is right and wrong, good and evil. Romans 2:14-15 says “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them”. Simply having a conscience does not equal living a holy life. Sometimes we may be deceived and think something is good when, in fact, it is not good and not of God. It is only through Christ that our conscience can be sanctified and be ruled by the Holy Spirit. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we not only know what is right and wrong but we have the grace to do what is right in the sight of God.  

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I submit my mind and conscience to You. Holy Spirit, fill me with Your grace and power to do what is right in the sight of God. Sanctify me by the blood of Jesus, that I would live a life that is holy unto the Lord.