Wed, 26 Jul 2006 EMOTION

What make Noah get drunk? Was it emotion? Was it misguided trust in his ability to drink of his vineyard and not get drunk? Could the answer just simply be, God planned it that way? That is what we think. God planned our lives out from the beginning. Yes, even before we were born.

Do our emotion's cause us to make mistakes? Of course, it does. Like Noah, we think we can take that one step to the other side of the street on our own. Then we take one more step and before we know it we are not living or doing God's will. The grass is always greener on the other side and we see all these people living what is called the "good life." It seems to us that they are living for God and all things are provided to and for them. But, when we get over there we find that they aren't in God's will at all. What they get here on earth is all they will ever have. We need to remember that the Bible says; "All that say Lord, Lord will not enter into the Gates of Heaven."

Before we took that first step did we remember to pray and seek God's advise as to whether we should take that first step? No. We find that our life's are one trial after the other. Nothing is going right for us. Everything is falling apart. That shows us that we didn't pray first. Had we prayed first our lives would be orderly and be running smoothly.

Does that mean that we don't have the right to use our emotions? Never. God wants us to use our emotions either for Him or against Him. A well can't bring forth both sweet and bitter water. That is what our emotions are like, a well. Are we bringing forth sweet water? Do our emotions cause to want to talk about God and not be ashamed or afraid?

Remember Saul? He was going forth and spewing all kind of bitter water. But, when God brought him to the road, blinded him, put him first on his face then on his backside and changed his name to Paul, he went forward, preached, taught from the well of his emotion's.

As with Saul/Paul we are all led by our emotions each minute of every day. Who guides your emotions? The Good that leads to Eternal Life or the bad that leads to nothing but a great big hot, deep hole?

God blessings and love to all. LJG/rECj