I am guilty as charged when it comes to my emotions, I will admit that I show them way to easily. People can tell when I am happy, sad or really upset. No matter how hard I tried to hide them I couldn't, I even would give myself a talk about how I am not going to show my emotions so easily but that was an epic fall.
I am the type that when I walk into a room and there is at least one person in the room with a poor attitude it will affect how my mood is going to be or if everyone in the room is in a good mood then my mood went along with it. I have struggled so much with my emotions being like that and I still struggle a little but not as much.
I have learned so much about how I can handle my emotions through God.
I have learned to seek God to learn how to manage my them and not allow them to manage my life.
If we let our emotions control our lives then how are you going to be able to enjoy anything.
It is truly miserable letting your emotions get the best of you. It was the worse for me when I would go on vacation with the family, the holidays when the whole family gets together, so much would be going on that I would start getting mixed emotions and when all my emotions would mix together I would have a hard time to handle them. Most of the time it wasn't a good time, I would get short with people and as much as I tried to force myself to have a good time, I just ended up being miserable that it just made things worse for me. I at the time didn't realize that I was effecting everyone around me because they wanted me to have a good time but didn't understand why I was so upset.
I have learned that part of the devil's plan is for us to follow our emotions, he wants us to react with anger and sadness. He wants us to feel like there is no hope and that we have the feeling of giving up. The devil tries to discourage us, but what he does not like is when we turn to God.
Managing our emotions isn't going to happen overnight, it is something that we need to work on. We can't let our emotions make our decisions for us, when we act on emotions it could lead to making decisions that we could regret after doing it or later on down the road. I have made so many mistakes by letting my emotions take control. I have missed out on a lot, even when being somewheres, I never let myself have fun or enjoy things when letting my emotions manage things. Now that I have self -control of my emotions I enjoy a lot more now.
Self-control is freedom
In 1Peter 5:8-9 it teaches us to be well-balanced and temperate to keep Satan from devouring us.
"and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to take human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of strong authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son.
1Peter 5:8-9 AMP
Here is a question you can ask yourself:
Do you let your emotions manage you?
My answer is I do, I might not let them manage me as much as I use to let them since learningself-control but there are some points in my life I am still working on and I do let the emotions get the best of me. My husband usually has to remind me that its just the devil trying to get the best of me, though I will admit that sometimes when he tells me that when I am in a mood I feel like slapping him silly but then I have to tell myself that he is right and that I need to check myself and give it over to God.
When you believe that you're not managing your emotions just being to pray and seek God for emotional maturity. He is there to help you.
Here are a few statements I would like to share with you all that I had read:
1) He who lives by emotions lives without principle
2)We cannot be spiritual (walk in the spirit) and be led by emotions
3)Emotions won't go away, but you can learn to manage them
4)You can have emotions, but you can't always rely on them
We all need to learn how to live beyond our feelings and do what's right. It can be dangerouse when we make decisions based on how we feel rather than obeying God and doing what we know is right.
If you are tired of letting your emotions control your life, seek God for guidance. I promise you that you won't regret it.
I am enjoying life a lot more now than I ever have before and it is so rewarding. There is no more stressing, no more over thinking and no more going crazy when things don't go a certain way. No more letting my emotions get the best of me.
Lord,
I thank you for giving me the guidance I needed to stopping letting my emotions manage me. I also ask that you give the people the guidance that they need and to touch your people tonight. I speak healing over all that is reading this. I Praise you Lord
In Jesus' name
Amen
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