🕊️ PRAY HERE Devotion 🕊️ “Following Your Feelings Will Mess You Up!”
Scripture: Proverbs 3:5 & Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;”
Jeremiah 17:9: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”
Devotion
How many of us can admit that OUR FEELINGS HAVE BEEN WRONG BEFORE?! 🙋🏽♀️😂 I mean, COMPLETELY WRONG AND WAY OFF BASE! Whewwwww! Sometimes we get so caught up in how we feel about something that we convince ourselves it MUST be true! We feel rejected, so somebody must not like us. We feel overlooked, so somebody must be against us. We feel uncomfortable, so something must be wrong! BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL SOMETHING DOESN’T MEAN IT’S TRUE! OOOOOOEW WEEEEE! 🙌🏽🔥 And if we’re not careful, FOLLOWING OUR FEELINGS WILL HAVE US MAKING PERMANENT DECISIONS BASED ON TEMPORARY EMOTIONS! MY, MY, MY!
Let’s look at today’s Scriptures! Proverbs 3:5 tells us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and not depend on our own understanding. And Jeremiah 17:9 warns us that the human heart can be deceitful! NOW THAT OUGHT TO MAKE SOMEBODY THINK! 😮💨 The very thing we often depend on to make decisions can sometimes MISLEAD US! Our feelings are influenced by what we’ve experienced, what we’re afraid of, what we want, and even what happened to us yesterday! That’s why God doesn’t tell us to follow every feeling. HE TELLS US TO TRUST HIM! And trusting God means being willing to acknowledge that what I feel and what is actually true may be two completely different things! MY FEELINGS ARE REAL, BUT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE! Whewwwww! 🙌🏽
Now, let’s make this practical! Imagine walking off your job because you FEEL like you’re being overlooked! You’re frustrated because somebody else got promoted, and now you’ve convinced yourself that your employer doesn’t value you. So you quit without praying, asking questions, or considering what God may be doing! Only to find out that another position was about to open, and you were being considered for it! YOU LET YOUR FEELINGS TALK YOU OUT OF AN OPPORTUNITY YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WAS COMING! 😩 Or how about not going to work because you just don’t FEEL like going? Bills don’t stop coming because you’re having an emotional day! 😂 WE CANNOT ALLOW EVERY FEELING TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTION! Sometimes you have to get up, pray, do what you’re supposed to do, and let those feelings pass!
And what about relationships?! Have you ever stopped speaking to somebody because you FELT like they were upset with you? They didn’t call, their text seemed short, or they walked past you without speaking. And instead of asking, you started assuming! Now you’ve spent TWO WHOLE WEEKS avoiding somebody who wasn’t even upset with you! 😂 Come to find out, they were dealing with something in their own life and didn’t even know you thought there was a problem! YOU CREATED AN ENTIRE SITUATION IN YOUR MIND THAT NEVER EXISTED! OOOOOOEW WEEEEE! 🙌🏽🔥 And some people have missed out on good friendships and potentially wonderful marriages because they allowed fear, insecurity, or past disappointments to make decisions for them. EVERYBODY IS NOT THE PERSON WHO HURT YOU BEFORE! Just because something feels familiar doesn’t mean the outcome will be the same!
And here’s something else we need to understand. FEELINGS ARE NOT THE ENEMY, BUT THEY MAKE TERRIBLE LEADERS! God created us with emotions, and there’s nothing wrong with feeling hurt, disappointed, afraid, or frustrated. Sometimes those feelings alert us to something that genuinely needs attention! But we must learn to examine them instead of immediately obeying them. PRAY BEFORE YOU REACT! ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU ASSUME! SEEK WISDOM BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION! Whewwwww! And please understand that trusting God doesn’t mean ignoring warning signs, mistreatment, or genuine danger. It means allowing His Word, wisdom, truth, and discernment to guide us instead of letting emotions make every decision. Sometimes what you FEEL like doing is the very opposite of what God is leading you to do! AND THAT’S WHY WE NEED HIS DIRECTION MORE THAN OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING! 🙌🏽🙏🏽
So today, before you quit that job, end that relationship, confront somebody, walk away from an opportunity, or make a decision you cannot easily undo, STOP AND SEEK GOD FIRST! Don’t allow anger to make decisions that wisdom would never approve. Don’t allow fear to talk you out of something God may be preparing you for. And don’t let insecurity convince you that everybody is against you! YOU DON’T HAVE TO ACT ON EVERYTHING YOU FEEL! Sometimes you need to pray, wait, get the facts, and allow God to give you clarity. LET YOUR FEELINGS BE SOMETHING YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, NOT SOMETHING THAT CONTROLS YOU! WHEWWWWW! 😮💨🙌🏽 TRUST GOD MORE THAN YOUR FEELINGS, BECAUSE YOUR FEELINGS CAN CHANGE OVERNIGHT, BUT GOD’S WISDOM WILL NEVER LEAD YOU WRONG! HALLELUJAH TO OUR LORD! 🙌🏽💙
✍🏽 Reflect & Respond
Have I ever made a decision based on how I felt, only to discover later that my feelings were wrong?
Am I allowing fear, insecurity, anger, or disappointment to influence decisions I should be praying about?
When something bothers me, do I seek God and the facts first, or do I immediately react to my emotions?
TODAY’S QUESTION:
AM I TRULY TRUSTING GOD TO DIRECT MY LIFE, OR AM I ALLOWING MY FEELINGS TO MAKE MY DECISIONS FOR ME?
Before making an important decision today, pause and pray. Ask God to help you distinguish between what you’re feeling, what is true, and what is wise.
DON’T LET A TEMPORARY FEELING MAKE A DECISION THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE PERMANENTLY! 🙌🏽🔥
🙏🏽 Prayer
Heavenly Father, forgive me for the times I’ve allowed my feelings to control my thoughts, actions, and decisions. Lord, help me to trust You more and my feelings less. Give me wisdom to seek the truth before making assumptions, patience to pause before reacting, and discernment to recognize when my emotions are misleading me. LORD, I DON’T WANT MY FEELINGS DRIVING MY DECISIONS ANYMORE! I WANT YOU TO LEAD ME! Teach me to trust Your Word and follow Your direction, even when my feelings tell me otherwise. In Jesus Christ’s name, Amen. 🙏🏽💙
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