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Song: How Shall The Young Secure Their Hearts
Scripture: Romans 2:11-16
God equipped every man with a conscience, an internal gauge to help him regulate his morality. It bears some resemblance to your car’s speedometer but with some important distinctions.
Your speedometer has many pointings from 0 to 120. The conscience has but two settings, “Good” and “Bad.” It has two modes, “Before” and “After.” The conscience kicks into “Before” mode when you contemplate a moral decision. It says, “This is Good,” and “That is Bad.” Once the deed is done the conscience switches to “After” burner mode and says, “You’re Good,” or “You’re Bad.” This bustle of activity takes place in your mind “between yourself” where your thoughts either “accuse” or “excuse” you. A “Good” conscience is one that excuses; a “Bad” conscience one that accuses you.
Your speedometer doesn’t know the speed limit. This job is left to you, the driver. Neither does your conscience know the law. This task is left to you, the owner. The operations of your conscience “show the work of the law written in your heart.” It’s up to you to calibrate your conscience by writing the correct laws on your heart.
Think of your conscience as a moral-ometer. It meters, or measures, whether you’re observing the rules of the road. So keep an eye on your conscience. God gave it to so you’d know when to stop, when to go, and when to turn around.
Jason Moore
