Don't Just Feel It

One of the biggest blunders we are taught blindly as growing persons is that actions follow emotions. You are to always act off of them, feed off of them, and make life decisions based on them. There is only one huge problem with that. We were born into sin, and our hearts desire the things we are not supposed to have. We are merely told that we are to balance how we feel and what we think in order to go through life, but when it comes down to it we are supposed to "follow our hearts." If we follow this philosophy of life then we will have the following: we will marry the wrong person, get divorced when we realize that we are not in love with them, choose not to worship God because you don't want to, we will go to the wrong schools, get the wrong job, and etc. You see it is going to be rare if you WANT to do what your supposed to do over 50% of the time. God loves it when we do things we don't want to but he has asked of us, and he even calls us to this life of sacrifice. Nevertheless, we get this idea that we can quit something or never start it because we are just not in the mood. We need to use our heads and prayer to make right decisions. Never does the Bible say to just follow your heart. The heart of God, but not just our feelings. Unless Jesus is living in there that heart is not going to be feeding you much good anyway. There are many reasons for why we should not just "go with the flow." Here is an example of how we get in the way of God, and make a mess of ourselves. It is very possible for you to not be in love with your significant other for a time. We get this all the time where people love their wives, but are not in love with them anymore. Most people freak out and ruin marriages with divorce or adultery. They are just reacting to what they feel is right for them. Yet they do nothing about it, because they are expecting actions to follow a feeling that is not there. However, when they think about it and pray about it God will restore what he intended to be there. You chose to be with them in the good times and bad. That is exactly what marriage is. A choice. A choice to live sacrificially for someone else on a deeper level, as God calls us to do with everyone. If you act as if you are in love with them, and do things to show that then I guarantee that the feelings will come. God does not believe in divorce, and he absolutely heals. He is just searching for someone who is going to look back to him in obedience. Actions do not follow emotions, but emotions follow actions. God shows us so much about acting as he intends even when we do not wish to do so. This is the epitome of obedience. God just wants us to love others when we do not, serve others when we want to be served, and give our lives when we need someone else's. By no means is it the modern way to live, but God shows us that it is the right way to live. What can be better than that? God bless.