"The promise of God's Word, the Bible - not our feelings - is our authority. The Christian lives by faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word. Flying in an aeroplane can illustrate the relationship among fact (God and His Word), faith (our trust in God and His Word), and feeling (the result of our faith and obedience) (John 14:21).
To be transported by an airplane, we must place our faith in the trustworthiness of the aircraft and the pilot who flies it. Our feelings of confidence or fear do not affect the ability of the airplane to transport us, though they do affect how much we enjoy the trip. In the same way, we as Christians do not depend on feelings or emotions, but place our faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God and the promises of His Word."
The extract above is meant for Christians. I've been thinking of blogging about feelings for sometime, and now that I have defeated procrastination, I'm glad that the time has finally come. I've wanted to share the extract above because of actions I observed that are difficult to understand, and these actions were possibly the result of decisions made that were based on just (or mainly) feelings.
Decisions lead to actions, and actions lead to results. If we would like to see better results in our lives, now might be a good time to re-examine how we often make decisions. A good question to ask ourselves might be: Do I often make decisions based on just (or mainly) how I feel about it? Let's be honest with ourselves and if our answer was "yes", there is a much higher likelihood that many of the decisions we have been making were not good ones at all.
To add a little further caution, another danger of relying overly on feelings is that the evil one is able to influence situations around us that affect our feelings and cause us to make decisions that are against what God wants us to do.
Let us allow God and His Word to be our authority, and not our feelings, so that we may consistently be making decisions that truly honor and please the God (Jesus) we love. Before making any decisions, let's start asking ourselves: Is this a decision that will honor and please God and does it agree with His Word (Bible)? ignited by EJ
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