Feelings Are Facts... NOT
Hey everyone! It’s your girl Julie, back with another segment of “Salty & Lit.” In today’s post, we’re going to be talking about FEELINGS, but before we do that, let’s pray.
Father, You are so good. Thank You for being my friend. Thank You for showing us that feelings are important, but they do not have to rule us. Help us to rule our feelings and to know that You guide us through our feelings. Amen.
Feelings… Everyone has them. We go through lots of feelings each day: anger, lust, fright, sadness, anxiety, and many more, but the main thing is that feelings are only that: feelings.
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7, NKJV).
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart (Luke 6:45, NLT).
Our feelings have a lot to do with our hearts, but we don’t necessarily have to act upon what our heart says.
Proverbs 23:7 states (Julie’s translation), “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” That means the heart has a gateway to a lot of things in your heart, and if you don’t check it, you can act on it. We don’t have to act upon the feelings that we have.
For example, say you struggle with anger. If you’re constantly thinking you’re angry, you will respond in your anger all the time. Be on guard with your feelings because if not, you can act out of our feelings and ruin things for yourself. What I mean by that is this: If you’re constantly living in fear for example, you’ll miss out on God opportunities because you’re afraid of what could happen. If you live in shame, you live as though you’re unworthy because you feel bad about what happened, but that’s not what God says about you.
He says, “You’re forgiven,” so you don’t have to walk in condemnation. He says, “You’re loved,” so you don’t have to walk in fear of mistakes. When God says something, it is so, and we have to trust in that.
So when we talk about our feelings, it’s important to keep them in check because they’ll guide us in a way we might not want to lead our lives.
So my first point is this: FEELINGS AREN’T FACTS. We must not live our lives based on feelings. We walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7).
Two: KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS IN CHECK.
When you don’t keep your emotions in check, you start to do things that you might regret. Let’s take Moses as an example. Moses had an anger problem, and he didn’t keep it in check resulting in him missing out on the Promised Land as well. When you don’t keep your emotions in check, you miss out on God’s plan because you can ruin the thing God has for you.
Three: SUBMIT YOUR EMOTIONS TO THE LORDSHIP OF CHRIST.
God gives us emotions for a reason. Emotions help us know God, since He has emotions, and they help us know about ourselves. If we’re feeling sad and address it, we can get into deeper intimacy with ourselves and with the Lord because we trust He can handle our emotions. When we don’t trust Him with our emotions, it’s like saying we don’t trust that HE’s capable of handling that, even though He is. When we don’t trust, we try to fight on our own and it leads to destruction (Proverbs 14:12). When we trust God with our feelings, we can trust that He’s capable of giving us the right direction on how to handle them.
So my friend, let’s give God our feelings this year because He knows what we’re going through and how to handle them.
Let’s pray:
Father, You are so good. Thank You for being our friend. Thank You for giving us emotions. Help us to know our emotions and know You can handle them. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I hope you have a great day, evening, night. Talk to you soon!
Julie🧡
