Take Care Of Your Conscience

We show that we want to take care of our conscience when we build up love for and faith in God, together with a wholesome fear of him.. (Proverbs 8:13;1John5:3) The Bible reveals that a conscience devoid of these influences often lacks moral stability. For instance, Psalm 14:1 speaks of those who say in their heart: "There is no Jehovah." How does this lack of faith affect their conduct? The verse continues: " They have acted ruinously, they have acted detestably in their dealing."

People without real faith in God also have no firm hope for a better future. Hence, they tend to live for the present, indulging their fleshly desires. Their philosophy is: " Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we are to die." (1Corinthians 15:32) On the other hand, those whose eyes are on the prize of eternal life are not lured off course by the fleeting pleasures of the world. Like a precise navigational computer, their trained conscience keeps them right on the track of loyal obedience to God. - Philippines 3:8.

For your conscience to maintain its power and precision, it needs regular guidance from God's word. The Bible tells us that such guidance is available when in pictorial language, it says: " Your own ears will hear a word behind you saying: 'This is the way. Walk in it, you people,' in case you people should go to the right or in case you should go to the left." (Isaiah 30:21)

So set aside time for daily Bible reading. This will strengthen and encourage you when you are struggling to do what is right or when the clouds of worry and anxiety hang over you. Be assured that Jehovah will guide you morally and spiritually if you place your full trust in him. Yes, imitate the psalmist who wrote: " I have placed Jehovah in front of me constantly. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be made to totter."-Psalm 16:8; 55:22.