DAY 12
DEVELOPING AN EYE FOR EMOTIONS
Isaiah 59:9-13
Emotion is a word pointing our strong feeling when we are happy, excited, sad, worried, and afraid. And in the writings of Isaiah, it is defined as the lies our hearts conceive. As I ponder on this verses, I came to categorize emotions into two: emotions that bring us HIGH (like happiness and excitement) and emotions that bring us LOW (such as sadness, anxiety, and fear) which is portrayed in Isaiah 59:9-13. And both these emotions can be threats. Emotion, being defined as a strong feeling (not just an ordinary feeling) brings a red alert on our hearts.
HIGH
• Emotions blind our eyes.
When we are overjoyed with our success and achievements, there is a big possibility that we recognize it as the fruit of our labor and of nobody else including God.
• Emotions make us godless.
When we are proud of ourselves, we boast that we can make everything possible and that the ultimate proof is the technology of the era. And at this point, we become godless, believing that we don’t need God to intercede in our lives.
• HIGH emotions can be battled with gratefulness and gratitude towards God.
LOW
• Emotions versus HOPE.
Emotions immediately give birth to worst scenarios that loosen our grip to God’s promise.
• Emotions decay our STRENGTH.
The bad illusions that emotion creates flashes repetitively in our minds, causing us to be stuck, softening our bones, preventing us from moving and consumes our energy thinking on the bad things that are happening or about to happen.
• Emotions drives us to feel ALONE and HELPLESS.
When you feel you are bounded by high, thick walls, you’re totally consumed by your emotion.
• Emotions make us Rebels.
This possibly happens when we have the habit of accusing others as the cause of our sufferings.
• Evaluating LOW emotion, it is a great deal destructive to our relationship with God and the church. We better resist it by submitting our EVERYTHING to God, being SECURE in His promises and TRUSTING on His amazing grace.
Let us be aware that our emotion can be our ultimate enemy.
Rowena Digal
