1 Timothy 6:16 says, “Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.”

As I was meditating on God dwelling in unapproachable light, I was taken back in my mind to the transfiguration. Matthew 17:2 says, “And He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.”

I love Psalm 104:1-2 and often use it in praise. It says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with honor and majesty, who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.”

Revelation 21:23 says of the New Jerusalem, “The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.”

How will we hear if we are always talking? Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 131:2 says, “Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”

Intimate communion with the Lord is Heart to heart and Spirit to spirit. Psalm 116:1-2 says, “I love the Lord, because He has heard my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.” 

I read Song of Solomon 2:14 like this. “O my Dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see Your face, let me hear Your voice; for Your voice is sweet, and Your face is lovely.”

Isaiah 55:3 says, “Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live…” Incline means to listen favorably. Elijah watched the great strong wind tear into the mountains ~ breaking the rocks in pieces. After the wind was an earthquake then a fire. It was God’s still small voice that captured his attention.

God trained a little boy to listen. You can read the whole story in 1 Samuel 3:1-18. I love verse 19. It says, “So Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.” The Lord raised up a prophet by teaching him to listen to His words. 

How will we know where to go if our ears are not attentive? Isaiah 30:21 says, ‘Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.”

When we continually ignore the Holy Spirit’s check in our spirit, our conscience becomes seared or insensitive. 1 Timothy 4:2. Ephesians 4:19 uses the words past feeling. That is scary. Here is a verse that makes me tremble. 

Psalm 106:15 says, “And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul.” There is never anything worth receiving leanness or wasting away. We are called into abundance. John 10:10b. Ephesians 1:8 Amplified says of His grace, “Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence).”

Matthew 5:8 says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Luke 4:4 Amplified says, “…Man shall not live and be sustained by (on) bread alone but by every word and expression of God.” The Holy Spirit often leads us through little nuances that we will miss if not attentive to His still small voice. 1 King 19:11-13.

Paul wrote in Acts 24:16, “…I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.” The Greek word for strive means to train, practice, and exercise. How do we maintain a clear conscience?

We strive to remain open to, and follow the Holy Spirit’s leading. I love to visit Acts 16:6-10. Paul was very attentive to the Holy Spirit. Even though he sought to do something for the Lord, he was blocked by the Holy Spirit. Verse 6 says that they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit. In verse 7 He did not permit them. 

Paul, by example, charged his son in the faith. In 1 Timothy 1:4 he told him to not give heed to things that were not edifying. Verse 5 says, “Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.”

The Greek word for fornications is porneia. Habakkuk1:13 says of the Lord, “You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness…” I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit to check you next time you pick up a book to read, start to watch a movie, or read something online.

1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 says, “For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.” 1 Peter 1:15 says, “…be holy in all your conduct.”

Character that exemplifies the Lord is evident behind closed doors as well as in the open. The message and the messenger are the same. Moral excellence starts in the heart with our thoughts. 

Titus 1:15 says, “To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.”

We learned a chorus in Sunday School years ago. It went like this: be careful little eyes what you see…be careful little ears what you hear…be careful little hands what you do…be careful little feet where you go. There’s a Father up above looking down in tender love…Timeless truth.

Our hidden sin may not be seen by others, but the Lord knows all our thoughts even before we think them. Matthew 15:19 says, “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” These sins defile those around us.

Matthew 5:28 says, “…whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Proverbs 6:33 says of the adulterous man, “Wounds and dishonor he will get, and his reproach will not be wiped away.” David beheld Bathsheba and a domino effect of sin followed.