Feelings often Lie

   Your feelings often lie to you. You may feel discouraged or defeated, but you serve a God who is all powerful, ever victorious, and eternally loving. Look to the Lord for your strength, don't focus on the circumstances or feelings that are getting you down--that's what the Enemy wants you to do. Instead, like Paul, learn to delight in suffering for the Master and in being weak because then even more of His strength will be shown through you.

“But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”

–2 Chronicles 15:7 NKJV

Feelings

THE UNCHANGING WORD

Feelings come and feelings go,
And feelings are deceiving;
My warrant is the Word of God—
Naught else is worth believing.

Though all my heart should feel condemned
For want of some sweet token,
There is One greater than my heart
Whose Word cannot be broken.

I'll trust in God's unchanging Word
Till soul and body sever,
For, though all things shall pass away,
HIS WORD SHALL STAND FOREVER!

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Work your way into a Feeling

Work your way into a Feeling

       We like to feel good, empowered, confident, and successful, but how do we go about doing so? Is our “good” feelings grounded in Christ or in selfishness?

       We often work our way into feelings. For example, when we pursue the Lord and seek His presence, He may seem to hide His face for a while, but just as He did for David, He eventually pulls back the veil and allows us to feel the warmth of His love. But we do not often just have a “good” feeling “by chance.” The feelings which come at us without any effort usually are discouragement, doubt, fear, hate, pride, and the like (tools and attacks of the Enemy)—these feelings are the type that destroy us and keep us from doing anything if we embrace them; however, the Peace of God which comes through Jesus Christ is received as we seek the Lord Jesus. We should study the Lord’s Word and repeat His words of peace to ourselves until our work has become the feeling; and the sense or the perception of His peace surrounding us.

“Good” Feelings aren’t bad, but they are not the determiner of our success as a Christian.

     In times of persecution, we must work our way into feelings. After hard days at work and spiritual battle, we must set aside time for the Lord, time to simply tell Him about our frustrations, meditate on His Word, listen (to recorded or live) sermons, pray with a Christian brother, or just cry out in brokenness.

     I have found myself, more and more, over the last few years just letting out my problems to the Lord, pursuing Him when life gets tough—in short, casting all my cares upon Him. Now, I’m not perfect and often struggle for a while trying to brave things out in my own strength before I turn to Christ for my strength. But when I do turn to Him, when I simply pause and work on spending time with the Lord; peace, rest, and contentment eventually follow even if the situation has not become easier.

    Remember that you do work yourself into many feelings, and you can “work your way” into the presence of God to experience joy, peace, and contentment as you seek Him as David did. Study David’s Psalms today and notice how He pressed into the Presence of the Lord in the Hard times and often came out feeling completely different.

Work your way into a Feeling

Work your way into a Feeling

       We like to feel good, empowered, confident, and successful, but how do we go about doing so? Is our “good” feelings grounded in Christ or in selfishness?

       We often work our way into feelings. For example, when we pursue the Lord and seek His presence, He may seem to hide His face for a while, but just as He did for David, He eventually pulls back the veil and allows us to feel the warmth of His love. But we do not often just have a “good” feeling “by chance.” The feelings which come at us without any effort usually are discouragement, doubt, fear, hate, pride, and the like (tools and attacks of the Enemy)—these feelings are the type that destroy us and keep us from doing anything if we embrace them; however, the Peace of God which comes through Jesus Christ is received as we seek the Lord Jesus. We should study the Lord’s Word and repeat His words of peace to ourselves until our work has become the feeling; and the sense or the perception of His peace surrounding us.

“Good” Feelings aren’t bad, but they are not the determiner of our success as a Christian.

     In times of persecution, we must work our way into feelings. After hard days at work and spiritual battle, we must set aside time for the Lord, time to simply tell Him about our frustrations, meditate on His Word, listen (to recorded or live) sermons, pray with a Christian brother, or just cry out in brokenness.

     I have found myself, more and more, over the last few years just letting out my problems to the Lord, pursuing Him when life gets tough—in short, casting all my cares upon Him. Now, I’m not perfect and often struggle for a while trying to brave things out in my own strength before I turn to Christ for my strength. But when I do turn to Him, when I simply pause and work on spending time with the Lord; peace, rest, and contentment eventually follow even if the situation has not become easier.

    Remember that you do work yourself into many feelings, and you can “work your way” into the presence of God to experience joy, peace, and contentment as you seek Him as David did. Study David’s Psalms today and notice how He pressed into the Presence of the Lord in the Hard times and often came out feeling completely different.