The spiritual discipline this week in the study with sisters… Daily Examen… is a prayerful evaluation of your last twenty-four hours…
Begin with thanks… consider… When did I feel closest to Him today…? Why…? then ask yourself… When did I feel farthest from Him today…? Why…? then close your time of prayer with repentance… and praise…
What I discovered… what became evident… was I felt closest to Him… when I felt good… things seemed to be going well…
Guess when I felt far from Him…? At a point in my day when I felt doubt… Had I obeyed…? or missed the mark…?
And I realized… at times… my faith… trusting in His nearness… is emotionally driven…
In the realization… I see the lie…!
It’s just not true… How I feel… does not determine… how close I am to Him…
My emotions… do not define my relationship with Him…
“The heart is more deceitful than all else and desperately sick; Who can understand it? …” Jeremiah 17:9 NASB
His faithfulness… is the only thing… which is true…
And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. Psalm 9:10 NASB
I choose to believe Him… trust in His Word… and not fall prey… to emotionally driven faith…
What about you…?
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