Spirit Filled Emotions

Devotional Reading: and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him. Colossians 3:10 NKJV

God did an extraordinary thing when He created you. He wired you as an emotional creature who can enjoy a wide range of emotions and communicate your feelings through them. But when Adam and Eve chose to eat the forbidden fruit, sin was uncorked and the emotional debris of that fateful sin brought a whole host of negative and harmful emotions: depression, anxiety, guilt, fear, bitterness, anger, and hatred.

God never intended that you should be held hostage by these emotions. Emotions are a fact of life, but you don’t have to experience them in a negative way. God doesn’t simply remove the destructive emotions. He does something far better. He replaces your negative emotions with His Spirit-filled emotions such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Emotions, in and of themselves, are not right or wrong. They are morally neutral. However, they do communicate to you there is something going on in your thoughts and beliefs that needs to be examined.

When your emotions become messy and controlling, they have become more true to you than God’s Word. Hence, you must allow the Holy Spirit breath His Word to you with His own emotions from the scriptures and renew your mind with those truths.

Prayer and Confession
LORD, I submit my will, thoughts and feelings to the influence of your Spirit. Amen.

Further Reading: Galatians 5:16-25, Philippians 4:8-9