What are you doing here?

"What are you doing here, Elijah?" (1 Kings 19:9)

     Thank God that He is faithful when we wind up in places and situations where we ought not to be. He simply nudges our spirit and says, "what are you doing here?" Thank God for Holy Ghost conviction, for if left to our natural ways we would serve the flesh continually.
     We don't often thank God for our conscience, because by it's very nature its function is to make us feel uncomfortable. But the truth is, no one in this world has ever given you or I a better gift than that of a conscience. I don't know about you, but mine has stopped me on many occasions and made me pause before I did something stupid. It is better to not do something than to try and undo it. The bible tells of a man named Essau who did something mighty stupid and then he tried desperately, even through a flood of tears, he couldn't undo it. Regret is a terrible thing to live with, but even at that regret is a sign your conscience is still functioning. Today is a good day to thank God for the gift of a conscience. A car without brakes is headed for an accident, a spirit without a conscience is a human being without any spiritual brakes, unfortunately for us,  the world has already seen too many people like that.  Keep your fire burning.