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The One Thing That Will Follow You Until You Deal with It

The One Thing That Will Follow You Until You Deal with It

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 Most of us know what it feels like to carry something unresolved for longer than we should. In this episode, discover what Acts 24:16 says about a clear conscience, and what it costs to get one back.In the summer of 2014, a 15-year-old girl walked into a bookstore in Miami and walked out with a copy of Agatha Christie's Third Girl without paying. She immediately regretted it. Two years later, she walked back in and left an envelope on the front desk. Inside was $16, the $14 cover price plus $2 in interest, and a letter she'd written herself.She'd moved to Mexico. She'd built a new life. But the book had stayed in the back of her mind the whole time.Most of us know the feeling she was carrying, something unresolved that's been there long enough you've almost stopped noticing it. A conversation that went wrong and was never corrected. A relationship you never went back to repair. You've told yourself it was too long ago, that the other person has forgotten. And yet it's still there.A guilty conscience doesn't disappear on its own. It waits.Paul said in Acts 24:16 that he made it his goal to maintain a clear conscience before God and before all people. Both mattered to him. He described it as something you maintain, which means it requires ongoing attention. Most people don't talk about their conscience much, but most people know when they don't have a clear one.The Greek word Paul uses for conscience is the word that gives us the idea of a witness. Your conscience was there. You can distract yourself from it and soften the story you tell yourself around it, but you can't make it forget what it saw.What keeps people from dealing with these things is usually shame or the belief that too much time has passed. The problem is that carrying the thing doesn't make it go away.When the girl finally walked back into Books & Books and left her envelope, she described exactly what Paul is talking about. She wrote that she wanted to relieve herself of her guilty conscience. That's what a clear conscience feels like when you've been carrying something: setting down something you didn't realize how tired you were from carrying.Through her story and Acts 24:16, this episode makes the case that a clear conscience is available, and that the steps to getting one are plain, even if they're costly.BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL DISCOVER:Why a guilty conscience doesn't disappear over time, and what your conscience is doing while you waitWhat Paul meant when he described maintaining a clear conscience before God and all people in Acts 24:162 practical steps you can take this week to begin dealing with the thing you've been putting offThe relief on the other side of dealing with it is worth every uncomfortable step it takes to get there.Share This Episode:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/238Need Prayer? Leave me a voicemail:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/voicemailWant to keep these devotions coming? Please consider supporting this podcast.https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/support/Rate and Reviewhttps://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/reviews/new/Connect with BartFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dailydevotionsforbusylivesWebsite: https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.comFeeling spiritually drained? Start here. Download your free copy of my eBook Making Time for Jesus here.Mentioned in this episode:Join Our Private Facebook CommunityIf you're looking for a place to connect with other Daily Devotions listeners and pray for each other, I'd love for you to join our private Facebook community group. Come find us at https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/group
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