Ep. 62 - Faith vs. Feelings

"Believe in yourself."

"Trust in your way."

"Take control of your future."

These are all the messages that the business world love to tell you. Although personal discipline and strong willpower are essential characteristics of a successful leader, trusting yourself will get you nowhere fast.

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).

If my heart is desperately wicked and my mind is tainted by passionate thoughts of sinful lust, then why should I trust in myself? The simple answer is that I cannot. I cannot trust myself to make the right decision in the business meeting. I can't trust myself to hold back the passions of my flesh in the wrong places. I must put my faith and trust in a God who can be trusted at all times.

You see that's the wonderful thing about the Christian life. The same way that God saves us is the same way we ought to live our lives; by faith. Paul says, “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (II Corinthains 5:7). Ephesians 4:1 reminds us to “…walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.” This journey of the Christian life is one step after the other in complete abandon to will and ways of Jesus Christ.

But how can we live by faith when our feelings are so strong? How can we take action when our heart is so confused? Here are four simple helps that will push you into a life lived by faith…