Matthew 13:20 “As for
what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once
welcomes and accepts it with joy” [Amplified Bible].
This is an example of
a person who began in the emotional joy of the Word and in his decision to
change his life. But a person has continued to live in the emotions of his
experience and his new found Christian friends. A person does little about the
hard demands of Christ that come only through diligent study and prayer. A
person knows little about sacrificial obedience: “Study to show thyself
approved” (2Tim.2:15).
The word emotional is
an important word to know as a Christian. The word, emotion means a strong
feeling like excitement; 2: a mental reaction like an anger or fear marked by
strong feeling and usually causing physical effects. The other word, emotional
means relating to the emotions like an emotional upset; 2: likely to show or
express emotion: easily moved like an emotional person. [Merriam-Webster]
The emotional issue
talked about a person who always lives on his or her feelings. It would be
interested to learn this because many Christians depend on the “feelings.” Is
this a good thing? Feeling is a broad subject so let’s focus on a person who
depends on feelings all the times. A person who depends on the feelings all the
times may not be a reliable person to trust to. An emotional person is up and
down.
Why? Like Jesus said,
“Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a
little while); and when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account
of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to
distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away”
[Matt.13:21 AMP].
Living on feelings
set apart from a person who depends on beliefs in the Word of God and a
disciplined life. Once I depend on feelings when I thought God was leading me,
but those feelings has gotten me into troubles. Why? If I had a strong belief
in God’s Word against my feelings, I would not have gotten into troubles or
problems. So the answer is having a strong faith to stand on God’s Word often
gives me peace. The feelings are often set aside.
“I hate this person
and he or she is giving me a hard time. I can’t stand it.” Doesn’t this sound
like a person with a feeling of hatred? Where is God’s love in this? Didn’t the
book of John tell us that we are to love our brethren? Didn’t Jesus tell us “to
love our enemies? Do good to them that hate us? Bless them that give us hard
time? These are “the root” that Jesus was talking about, His Word.
So let’s study His
Word and take a deeper root in Him!
Dorothy
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