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E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Do Your Emotions Take Over?
"... the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting upon those who fear him ..." (v. 17, RSV)
-- For reading & meditation: Psalm 103:1-22
We continue exploring ways in which we can become strong at the
broken places caused by deep and disturbing doubts. Another point wen
should keep in mind in relation to this question of doubt is that some
doubts are rooted more in the emotions than in the intellect.
Our emotions are an important part of our being, and they can do much to
make our lives either miserable or meaningful. When emotions take over,
they cause our thinking to waver, so that we can come to faulty
conclusions about life. Ask yourself this question now:
am I a person who is ruled more by my emotions than by my intellect?
If you are, then it is likely that your doubts are rooted more in your
feelings than in your mind. Many years ago, a Christian university
student came to me complaining that he had serious doubts about the
inspiration and reliability of Scripture. As I counseled him, I heard
the Spirit say, "This is not an intellectual doubt, but an emotional
one."
I explored with him the area of his feelings, and he confessed
to me that he could never remember a time in his life when he ever felt
that he was loved. When the emotional problem was resolved, his doubts
vanished of their own accord. His problem was not intellectual, but
emotional.
Reason and emotion are both important in life, but decisions, especially
decisions about the Christian life, must be built not on what we feel to
be true but on what we know to be true.
PRAYER:
My Father and my God, help me trace my problem to its roots and meet
me at the point of my deepest need. This I ask in Jesus' Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Job 1D3
1. What were some of the feelings Job expressed?
2. Did he allow them to give rise to doubt?
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