Devotions

These lines from Dr. Arnot give an interesting description of a person's conscience: "A man may be saved from death by seeing the reflection of danger in a mirror, when the danger itself could not be directly seen. The executioner with his weapon is stealthily approaching through a corridor of a castle to the spot where the devoted invalid reclines. In his musings, the captive has turned his vacant eye towards a mirror on the wall; and the faithful witness reveals the impending stroke in time to secure the escape of the victim. It is thus that the mirror in a man's breast has become in a sense the man's savior, by revealing the wrath to come before its coming. Happy they who take the warning; happy they who turn and live!"

It has been said that man's conscience was given to him after the Fall in the Garden of Eden. Man's desire to know good and evil had been granted. But God, in His mercy, gave man a means to telling good from evil. Tthat mechanism, which He placed in man's heart was the conscience.

Don't ignore the promptings of your conscience or let your conscience become calloused. It's more than a sixth sense. It's a beacon whose homing signal is Eternity with Him. Remember, conscience is God's built-in warning system. Be very happy when it hurts you. Be very concerned when it doesn't.*


Scripture: (Apostle Paul in his defense before Felix) "I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and everyone else." Acts 24:16 NLT