Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked. 1 Timothy 1:19

 Many years ago, I began to watch a late-night television program that I shouldn’t have watched, but the craziness of it captured my attention. The first time I watched, I thought how vulgar and rude this guy was. As the week went on, I found myself drawn to this program every day and eventually nothing that happened on that show bothered me in the least. Eventually I became so desensitized to its madness, that it influenced my thought process, which hurt my relationship with God.

 As a child of God, it’s important to keep your conscience clear, as that is the tool the Holy Spirit uses to warn you of impeding danger to your faith and relationship with Jesus Christ. Ignoring the Holy Spirit’s voice, directing you away from something, will only put you in dangerous waters, literally shipwrecking your faith. Examples of this is a casual conversation with someone of the opposite sex that leads to more conversations and eventually a mutual interest in each other, setting yourself up for an affair. Short changing someone because you felt justified will eventually lead you to cheating others and pretty soon find yourself a thief. Breaking the “rules of the road” will eventually either get you a ticket or possibly in a wreck. There are a million situations to find yourself silencing your conscience, even justifying your actions, but in the end will result in catastrophe.

 God blesses us with His Holy Spirit for a reason, to keep us out of trouble, keep us acting like Christians, and most importantly maintaining a close relationship with Jesus Christ. The next time the Holy Spirit warns you of danger, don’t discard His warning, take heed and turn the ship around before you run your faith aground. God bless!