Going through the eMotions

When we are emotionally drained sometimes going through the motions is all that we can do. When God is silent and the world is at odds with you it boils down to two choices. Continue onward on the course laid before you, or check out. There are of course other options. You can turn around, turn left or right or just stop, but all of these are the choice to check out on what God wants. As Christians we live by a different set of rules. The life we live is not ours to live. So for us, there are only the two choices. Follow the last instructions given… "This is the way; walk in it."… Or, choose to do otherwise.

Our choice is to remain obedient, or choose to be disobedient.

Isaiah 30:21Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."

Life seems as though it has never been more difficult than during these chaotic times we are living in.

There is a quote that I have set as the background on my phone that says; “I never said it would be easy, I said it would be worth it!” Jesus also told us…

John 16:33 “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Not 'IF' you have trouble, but "WHEN"… so that means you WILL… and I would go on to say, WE ARE!!!

We tend to become impatient or disenfranchised when we think God has been silent too long, but think about Abraham! God spoke to him in some mighty ways… but it only happened a handful of times during his one hundred and seventy five years of life. And more than a few times Abraham was in some pretty tight jams and God was silent. I am sure that he felt all alone in these moments, wondering why he ever left home in the first place. You and I have something Abraham never had… Gods never changing spoken word, given to us in the Bible. For those who have been given some kind of special insight by God or have heard from Him in one fashion or another, that is awesome. But if we never have any angel visits, formal revelation or audibly spoken word, we have more than Abraham ever had… we have Gods specific instruction for our lives to reflect on any time we want.

And that brings us back to the beginning. When life is hard and the whole world seems to be crumbling around you… and you can’t hear God. Do what you know He wants. Do what He has told you in His word.

And keep on doing it, no matter how you feel… until it is time to go home.

It may be hard, but it will be worth it!