Being Led by Your Feelings
So, the other day I was looking at the Life of David, and I started wondering, what if David was lead by his feelings? I started thinking about feelings, and how often they change; what would have happened to David if he was lead by his feelings?
The problem with feelings is that they are always changing; sometimes you feel good, then for no good reason, you feel bad. Sometimes you feel up, then you feel down; sometimes you feel like a nut, other times you feel like the world is centered around you... It's dangerous to be lead by your feelings!!! You can't live out of what simply feels good, because doing what is right, usually doesn't feel all that good...
I once heard a man say that to achieve anything in life, you have to go through a process, and if you aren't willing to go through the process, you are not worthy of the prize. Just Think about a tree; for a tree to produce fruit, it must go through a process. First it has to grow/mature, this process takes time. While growing the tree has to be nurtured, if it doesn't get the nutrition it needs, water and sunshine, it will die. Then the last step, but just as important as the first, the tree has to be pruned, you have to cut some branches, so that you can produce good fruit. Now look your life, and compare it to that tree.
Some of you are saying, Danno this is common sense, then why is it so many people live their lives simply off of simply what feels good? I'm talking about people who are in the church, who call themselves Christians. It's not always easy to love, sometimes, loving your neighbor is really hard, but that's what we are called to do. Sometimes, being bitter towards your neighbor is much easier, and feels better than loving them, but that's wrong, and it needs to be addressed. There are times in life, where someone does something that hurts you, that hurts your reputation, that causes emotional, and possibly mental scars; and everything inside of you wants to hate this person, but that's not what we are called to do. We are called to love, but if you are guided by your emotions, that's the last thing you're going to want to do. You're emotions will make you bitter, a root that will choke out your soul.
I'm going to ride this thing till it breaks. If you are lead by your emotions, you won't be stable; if you are not a stable person, God won't use you. God can't use you if you are not discipline enough to take your thoughts captive, or if you can't ignore what your emotions tell you to do; You have to be discipline. I've said it many times before, and I'll say it again, Discipline is Everything. If you don't have self control, if you lack discipline, you'll never achieve anything great in life... Think On That!!!
Christ calls us to be Holy, 1st 1st Peter 1:16, “For you must be holy, for I am Holy” NLT. Bitterness and Holiness don't mix, nor does hate, nor does envy, nor does strife, anger, malice, rage, etc... the Bible calls us to be separate. 2nd Corinthians 6:17-18, “Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you. 18 And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty” NLT.
The problem with your emotions is that they are centered around you. You want whatever makes you feel good, and if you don't get it, you get mad, angry, sad, depressed, and the list goes on... but here's something for you to think about, it's not all about you. We are called to love, and to serve, that's not the most popular thing to do, it's counter cultural. There's a huge shocker, you mean culture doesn't agree with the Bible, I would've never guessed that... You need to cut off that bad relationship that keeps bringing you back into the sin you are trying to get out of, or know you need to get out of; that's not just a boyfriend or a girlfriend, that's anyone that brings you down. Proverbs 13:20 puts it like this, “A man who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm” NLT. Don't set yourself up for failure...
It's not easy to mature, or to overcome temptation, and it's not supposed to be, but it's necessary, you have to prune yourself, so that you can produce good fruit. Nothing worth having in life comes for free, you have to work for it. If everything you wanted in life was just given to you, you wouldn't appreciate anything...
Well I could go on with this all day, but I think you get the point.
I hope this made you think, and I hope you enjoyed it.
Be Blessed
