Fear. Hurt. Anger.
Brokenness. These are but a few of the
many emotions that you have experienced repeatedly throughout your life. When you lived as a woman who was not filled
with the Spirit of God, you experienced these emotions. After you became filled with God’s spirit
through the salvation of Christ, you continued to experience these emotions.
Emotions are responses things that take place outside of you. They grab your attention through your senses (taste, touch, hearing, sight, and smell), embed themselves in your consciousness and cause you to respond with some form of action. Most of the time these actions lead to confusion, isolation, instability and many other things that have the potential to subtly tear away at the quality of your life. It’s so subtle that years can go by without you even realizing how your relationships have become strained or how your level of confidence has decreased.
This world you live in will not stop trying to capture your attention. It will keep trying to rekindle a past relationship with your mind and heart. As a woman of God you have been rescued from your old way of thinking and living and have been made free to function in a whole new way. This is because you are filled with the truth and knowledge of God, and have the mind of Christ (I Corinthians 2:16). Now you are empowered to see those external distractions and not be led by them. You belong to God now (Romans 8:14). Your mind and heart are in His hands. You are Spirit-filled with truth. He who lives in you will only tell and show you things that are true (John 16:13).
These things have come to be because you made the choice to follow Jesus. The emotional struggles we experience are mostly because we fail to make that same choice—with each and every new day. Being led by God is done through obedience to His word and trusting Him beyond what is pulling at us from without. We are human beings fearfully and wonderfully made; but most importantly, we are spirit-filled beings now able to be led by the Holy Spirit.
The next time you experience an emotional response to something, ask yourself, “What could my response to this lead me to?” Will you be led by your emotions, which yield uncertain results every time, or will you be led by the God who will consistently lead you in a life of peace, spiritual success, and growth?
