That Little Voice in Your Head – Part 2
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In addition to our reason, conscience, and will, we have emotions. They are numerous and powerful. Emotions can take us to dizzying heights of ecstasy, and they can bring us down to the depths of despair. Emotions have a role to play in the human psyche. Good emotions result from doing well. Bad emotions come from doing wrong. Emotions also move us one way or the other to take action. Happiness, sadness, love, hate, anxiety, contentment: these are all emotions that we may experience and there are many more. Emotions are so powerful that many confuse them with God’s acting in their life. God can certainly use our emotions, but feelings come from our own bodies and are the result of the beliefs that we hold in our hearts, the actions we take, and the responses of others.
When all four parts of our psyche work together—reason, conscience, will, and emotion—we can experience strong urges and have powerful experiences. It is easy to be confused and believe that we are experiencing something that we are not actually experiencing. Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?” It is easy to deceive ourselves and attribute our experiences to something else.
We credit God with creating us with such wonderful mental faculties that, when used correctly, will lead us to faith in Him. We also credit the Holy Spirit for inspiring the Bible, the only source of inspired information upon which we can base many life decisions. When the Christian uses these resources correctly, God/the Holy Spirit leads the Christian’s life. However, let’s not conclude that the “little voices” of reason, conscience, will, or emotion are the Holy Spirit speaking directly to us. Today, God speaks to us through His Word, the Bible.
God bless you, and I love you.
Kevin Cauley