Emotion is a fickle thing. On one hand, our emotion is an outward expression of an internal joy that overflows for all around us to see and that can be a good thing. It is encouraging to see others get fired up and excited about the Lord. It can be likened to a spark that is contagious. Another's fire, when it comes to the Lord, lights our fuse and breathes life into the lifeless ember that lies lazily within our cold hearts. On the other hand, emotion can be a trap that if we are not "Feeling it" we can be brought low and our faith and trust in the Lord will be like the waves on the ocean, up and down; sideways and backwards. We will be tossed around and there will be no substance or stability to our faith. Emotion in and of its self is a lot like a bottle of soda, after a while it loses its fizz and becomes flat. The bottom line is that emotion in the Christians life needs to be rooted in and the by-product of something and that something is the Word of God. When the Word of God is the origin and the makeup of our emotion and excitement the two will provide stability and longevity and this will give substance to our excitement. The Christians life will be a lamp that will never run dry of its precious oil.
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17
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