Our allegiance matters more than we think.
In fact, one of our greatest challenges is choosing those people and things that are worthy of it.
We can give our allegiance to God, family, country, culture, consumerism, the approval of others, self, or any number of other contenders.
The question that each of us must answer is where our highest and truest allegiance is found.
A strong indicator of our allegiance can be observed in how we spend our time and who our peers are.
When we are told to do something that goes directly against our devotion to moral truth, we face a choice of which allegiance matters more to us.
Not giving our allegiance to things that do not deserve it can be one of life’s biggest tests.
Sometimes following our truest and highest allegiance will require us to engage in morally distancing ourselves from polite society.
Historically, many people have had to risk punishment for refusing to give their allegiance to things that they could not morally support.
What’s interesting is how, many years later, they’re often seen as courageous and heroic for having remained true to their highest allegiance.
They are rightly held up as examples of personal bravery.
The great lesson we can learn from them is the importance of being at peace with our conscience by knowing what our highest allegiance is.
And ultimately, it is our conscience that we must be at peace with, not the crowd.
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