How can you rely on something to inform you that is always swaying? We wouldn’t take confidence in a leader if he was always second-guessing and changing the plan of action. This is where we can see the folly of trusting our feelings. Our feelings are so easily influenced and changed by words, actions, and tones. A salesperson could make you feel anxious that you don’t have the latest product. A friend could make you feel happy again.
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A worship leader could make you feel like God’s presence is all around you. A speaker could make you feel passionate about a new social justice need. Our feelings can also be influenced by others. You may have felt down when you first woke up this morning, but after an invigorating run with your favorite music playlist, your day is looking a lot brighter. One moment you could be happily reading a book in your favorite chair, and a few minutes later be angered by the trail of mud your dog just brought in. They’re easily changed by people and circumstances. Our feelings are no different than that sand. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick who can understand it? ( Jer. Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered ( Prov. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding ( Prov.
The Bible is quick to tell us that our feelings (or hearts, more accurately) can’t be trusted. My worship time was completely regulated by my feelings as well-if I felt near to God, then I had worshiped effectively and rightly.ĭo you live by your feelings? Do you live in a similar way that I did? If so, we need to consider what God’s Word has to say about our feelings and what living by faith actually looks like. I often gave into temptation to sin because it felt better than obedience. I struggled to believe that God still loved me when I sinned because I couldn’t feel His love. I doubted my salvation because it didn’t feel real. Shortly after I became a believer, I still lived by my feelings rather than my faith. If a pathway wasn’t accompanied by a nice feeling, it wasn’t the one I took. My feelings informed my reactions to life and directed my every step.
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Before I became a believer, I lived fully by feeling. Have you ever made a decision because it simply “felt right”? Have you ever said something because it “felt like the perfect moment”? I know I have. And yet so many of us choose to live by something else-our feelings. What are you led by? What directs your decisions, actions, words, and thoughts?Īs believers, we’re called to live by faith.