emotional clouds

iv been thinking today, how often do we let our emotions rule us? i wrote a paper earlier today about pride, and my journey of dealing with it. when i look back on my short life i see many times where i let emotions like pride, anger, envy, or lust creep into my life and all hell breaks lose. in light of a recent event, i wish to raise this question to you. how often do you let your anger, pride, envy, whatever it might be, rule your life? see, if we call ourselves followers of Christ i have an issue with living this way. and i am not saying in any way that i am perfect, that i have got it all figured out, cause i don't. it is an issue i live with every day, it is part of being human.

i love Romans 8, where Paul is talking about living in the Spirit. see, if we are truly followers of Christ as so many of us claim to be, we should be striving to live in the Spirit, not our sinful natures. in chapter 12 he talks about renewing our minds to be in the likeness of God, not the world. and then in chapter 13, at the very end Paul tells us to "clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ".

think about it: the way of this world is one that gives into emotions, that bases decision making on how you feel. but as followers of Christ it should be different. not that we through out feeling all together, but that we should be living by the Spirit. we should not be acting out of anger, pride, envy, etc. but rather we should be acting out of love, mercy, grace, with a humble heart and mind. this is the way of Christ.

so i challenge you to look past the emotion. not to disregard or ignore it, but to move past it. seek God in the times of hardship, cause He is there whether you can see Him or not. it doesn't happen over night often, and it can be hard.....i know, iv been there many times. but we should be seeking God, His wisdom and knowledge in all of this.

we can not let our emotion cloud our spiritual eyes. look, He is there in the midst.