Emotions and feelings are not wrong or sinful in themselves. God created us with good and holy desires which give us a godly delight in obeying Him and a holy hatred of disobeying Him. God did not make us to be like emotionless rocks. What about the godly emotions expressed throughout the Psalms? Moreover, we are to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength (which includes with our emotions). Dear ones, Jesus is touched with the feeling of your infirmities (Hebrews 4:15). However, it is sinful for us to be led by our ever-changing emotions rather than by the never-changing truth of God's Word. When we follow our emotions wherever they lead us, we will be controlled by constantly shifting people and circumstances all around us. Godly emotions rejoice in the truth of Jesus Christ, and it is His truth that is to guide our emotions. Our lusts, fears, and worldly appetites will master us if God's immoveable truth does not teach us that it is in Him that we are to rest, love, and rejoice. Those led by their feelings are like a speeding car on a highway that has no steering wheel to keep it safely on the road in reaching their home. This is so vital in the Christian life; for we are tempted to confuse what we feel with that which is necessarily true. Nothing is more likely to mislead us and deceive us than to be led by our feelings. Many sincere Christians conclude that Jesus does not love them at times because they do not feel His love at a given moment. Are your changeable feelings what you are to trust, or is it the unchangeable nature and biblical description of Christ's love found here in Song of Solomon 8:6-7 in which you are to trust?
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