Excerpt

 The following is an excerpt from the new booklet I am working on about conscience. No title as yet - just ideas.

We don’t just wake up one day and the marriage is over. We don’t just wake up one day and the kids are a mess. We don’t just wake up one day and we are in deep poverty. It started somewhere! The first time we sensed something wasn’t right; what was our response? Did we ignore it or did we confront it? Ignoring it softens the voice of conscience for the next time. Reacting to it will strengthen its voice for the next time. Spiritual sensitivity is vital for our survival! Satan’s strategy is to desensitize the spiritual senses with a bombardment of imagery that after awhile, it doesn’t affect you. After awhile of ignoring the Spirit’s quickening, self is desensitizing that area so no feeling any longer exists there. If a person ignores or overrides this inner witness continually, there will come a time in their life when the capability to hear God’s voice becomes nearly impossible. Loss of Godly influence and direction of life becomes lost and the person is then left to rely only on themselves as a source of guidance. Of course, this opens them up to the influences of ungodly spirits and a life of defeat and frustration will soon be the norm. Conversely, immediate obedience maintains the health of spiritual sensitivity and even permits deeper intimacy with the Holy Spirit to take place. Make no mistake about it, the health of our spiritual lives as well as our eternal destiny is dependent on the condition of our conscience.

How many times have we said “I knew I shouldn’t have done that?” The question then becomes “why did I do it?” Something was going off within us but we were ignoring it. Everything takes practice so that we can become proficient. The Holy Spirit communicates through our conscience and the more I respond to him the less “I knew I shouldn’t have done that” will be uttered.