Our Moral Compass
By Ed Wrather
DAY 25
This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander.... - 1 Timothy 1:18-20a.
To her credit, Darva Conger, the bride of “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire” came to her senses. She is not wearing her wedding ring, she’s back home with her mother, and she plans no communication with her husband, Rick Rockwell. Darva says she is a Christian and never expected to actually marry anyone. According to Darva the marriage was in name only and will be annulled. Once the event had proceeded to the point of Rick picking her as his bride Darva says she felt trapped and unable to stop the marriage from occurring. She has advice for others and says “look before you leap.”
Darva has found her conscience and it almost seems that the people of the United States have found a conscience. At least there seems to be broad condemnation for Rick, Darva, producers of the show, and Fox network. So, how does that work? It is okay to live together without being married. It is okay to engage in an alternative lifestyle such as homosexuality. It appears it is okay to use drugs, drink, and to do most anything you want according to the American conscience. Except now we know that in America we draw the line at marrying so-called multi-millionaires that we have never met before.
For our faith not to become shipwrecked our conscience requires continual maintenance. It requires that we abstain from doing those things that we know to be wrong. Every time we intentionally do something that we know to be wrong we weaken our conscience’s ability to provide us with the moral direction we need. We will need the Word of God just as Timothy did so that we too can fight a “good warfare” against those who seek to weaken our consciences. To keep from having a shipwrecked faith do as the apostle Paul says he did in Acts 24:16; “I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.” Paul always tried to keep his conscience up to date, always clear, and that way he could stay on course and avoid those shipwrecks. Is your moral compass pointing in the right direction or are you headed for the rocks?
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