Always Keep Your Conscience Clear.

‘I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.’ Acts 23:1
NKJV

At the Mark Twain memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, you will find these
words framed: ‘Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish
the rest. Truly yours, Mark Twain, New York, February 16, 1901.’

When your conscience is programmed and governed by God’s Word, it
will lead you to do the right thing every time. And it’s created by the first
lessons you learn about right and wrong; which is why, as a parent, you
have the most important job in the world. If you’re never taught those
lessons, you fail to develop a conscience. If you’re taught them poorly or
incompletely, you develop a stunted conscience. If you override your
conscience and refuse to obey its inner voice, you develop a hardened
conscience and, over time, you will live your life as if you don’t have one
at all. You’ll compromise, cover up, and cut corners to get what you
want.

You can’t see a conscience or autopsy one, but you can hear it
whispering in your mind and feel it tugging at your heart. And those are
the whispers and tugs you must respond to in order to walk in the
blessing of God.

Paul said two important things about his conscience:
(1) ‘I myself always strive to have a conscience without offence towards
God and men.’ (Acts 24:16 NKJV)
(2) ‘I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.’ Above
all, don’t neglect your conscience—it is either healthy or becoming
unhealthy. And as it goes, so goes your character, your reputation, and
the quality of your life.