A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. | ||
| Proverbs 18:2 | ||
| A fool places more stock in his feelings than in the facts. This is a very real hazard for all of us. “I feel God doesn’t want us together any more,” a wife said concerning her decision to leave her husband. “Are there reasons for leaving him and your children?” I asked. “No. I just don’t feel God wants me with him any more.” But it is the foolish person who bases his decision simply on how he feels. It has been said that faith, fact, and feeling are like three men walking along the top of a fence. Fact is in front; faith is in the middle; and feeling is at the end. As long as faith looks straight ahead at fact, he’ll be all right. But once faith turns around to check out feeling, he’ll lose his balance and fall. Whenever I have taken my eyes off the facts and instead analyzed how I’m feeling, I’ve stumbled. My faith must be based upon the facts of what God’s Word says - not upon how I feel on any given day. For example, God’s Word says He will never leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). If I keep my focus on that fact, I’ll do fine. But if I start to say, “I don’t think God is with me today because I don’t feel His presence,” I’ll stumble and fall. Pastor Jon Courson | ||
