The Problem With Crickets...

“For the word of God is living and active…it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit…it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:12-13.

I love the sweet little character in Pinocchio who wears a top hat and carries a cane – no other than Jiminy Cricket. He jumps around, sings, dances and encourages us to “let our conscience be our guide.”

The soul is the seat of man-consciousness wherein our emotions lay. The spirit is the seat of God-consciousness wherein God operates as He connects to our spirit for fellowship, communion and growth. The Bible serves as the guidebook, if you will, to divide the two seats and guide us into truth, purpose and God’s agenda.

The problem with allowing our conscience to lead is that we can become so distant from God that the little inner voice of our spirit can be hushed by the roar of the emotions of our soul. We cannot journey through life making decisions based solely on our emotions just as we cannot depend on our conscious to convict.

When my children entered into the teenage years, they were very aware of my feelings about almost everything ranging from right to wrong. We had enjoyed a close relationship and built fellowship for the years preceding those tumultuous years. Although I wasn’t with them when they tested the boundaries, there is no doubt that the conviction for these wrongs laid right under the surface. The further a child gets away from their parent the easier it is to abort those convictions for which we grew up. This pulling away feeds into quenching the hunger of the soul instead of the spirit as nourished by God.

If we feel a disconnect from God (and most of certainly know when we do) it is not because He has pulled away, but we have distanced ourselves. Fortunately, we only have to open His word for Him to tenderly speak to us, call us back into His spirit and rekindle that beautiful fellowship of spirit to Spirit.