Emotions. 4 (final)

It takes great effort and faith to understand our emotions

We must accept that we often struggle to understand the way we feel about stuff. We may battle to deal with our emotions and be confused about our reactions to our circumstances.

It is not a sin to be confused. It also is not a sin to feel rejected, anxious, lonely or angry. It is not a sin to have to put great effort into understanding why we feel the way we do and how to deal with it.

In fact, the sin may be in refusing to struggle with how we feel. The sin may be when we refuse to confront those feelings and to seek to deal with them. Because when we choose to simply accept to continue negative feelings, we accept defeat. And we do not have to, because in Jesus we know that God is on our side.

Paul could say that he was perplexed, but not despairing. (2 Corinthians 4:7-10). He refused to let his feelings turn him away from his hope in God. He might not have understood what God was doing, but he refused to anguish and he kept looking for answers.

As we hang in there, insisting to deal positively with our emotions, we remain open to God. Wrestling with God about it, we will find what God is doing in our lives. There are times when the only way we will be able to see God’s purpose, are when our hearts are breaking and we have nowhere else to go, but to God!

Knowing that God has a purpose with my life and that he is working it out in my life, will help me to make sense of the circumstance that caused my painful feelings. Paul was saying that God is at work in our lives to reveal his power, in spite of our weakness. Even when we do not understand all that God is doing, we trust that he loves us and is seeking our best interest.

We trust that all things work towards his good purpose. God is our help and our salvation and in him we will find rest and peace amidst every circumstance.

Trust God to bless and keep you, whatever way you feel.