Many people ignore that voice inside of them that guides them on the right path. You know, that voice inside that tells you to do this, don’t do that- go here, don’t go there. It’s that voice of wisdom, the voice of understanding.

It guides you, advises you, it will even motivate you if you let it. The problem is most people develop selective hearing when it comes to doing what is right.

We all have that voice of guidance inside of us. It’s as if we have a large volume control where we can turn up the voice when we like what it’s saying and turn it down when we don’t like what it’s saying.

It’s like an annoying, nagging friend. If you don’t like what they’re saying you either tune them out or leave the room. When you do like what they’re saying you’d tune in better than you would tune in your favorite song on the radio. If they were your favorite track on your ipod, you’d put them on repeat.

The problem is that most of the time when it comes to doing the things that we want to do, if it goes against what we know is right, we tune out that voice of reasoning. We listen to the voice that grants us permission as to why we should do what we want to do, even if it is wrong.

Good angel or bad angel

It’s like the good angel vs the bad angel. You know the scene where the good angel sits on one shoulder advising you of what you should do, which is the right thing. Whereas, the bad angel sits on the other shoulder doing just the opposite, giving you reasons why you should do what YOU want to do, which isn’t always the right thing to do.

Take notice, the bad angel will never come out and say that’s he’s wrong. In fact, he’ll try to convince you that he’s right and the good angel is wrong. The bad angel knows that if he’s trying to sell you on his idea that it wouldn’t be too smart to tell you that he’s wrong.

I don’t know the statistics, and maybe I’m naive being the optimist that I am, but I’d like to think that most people have a natural tendency to want to do what is right. But we have even more of a tendency to do what WE want to do or do what makes us feel comfortable.

If doing what makes us feel comfortable is wrong, then more than likely we’ll tune out the voice that gives us reasons why we should do what is right. We will tune into the bad angel on the other shoulder who is trying to convince us to do wrong.

Have you ever had instances where you’ve done wrong but you had a feeling inside that you should have done right? After it was all said and done was it worth it?

Well my friend, that voice of the good angel is the voice of God inside you, guiding you and directing you. The bible says that He guides our footsteps. The voice of the bad angel is the devil trying to bring you to destruction. I’m reminded of the scripture where the devil desired to sift Simon as wheat. But it was the Lord’s prayer that Simon’s faith failed Him not.

The next opportunity you have to make a choice, choose the good angel, the voice of the Lord. Make every effort to do what is right. Listen to the good voice inside of you that guides you in the right direction as you charge forth on your journey of life.

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