Emotions Vs. Transformation

Good Morning!! Today is Friday, the end of the work week and it's going to not only be a wonderful day but also a wonderful weekend...really beautiful weather on the horizon! I am excited about what God is doing in our church and in the lives of the people around us.

I wanted to share briefly today what I feel the difference of being emotional is over being transformed when we leave our church every week. Ever felt the presence of God so strong in a service or been touched and really had your life changed and then walk out the doors of your church and carry-on the same way you do every day as if nothing is new, nothing has changed?? Ever hear a powerful message that you said, "That was for me today. God was speaking to ME!?"  Or, have you ever said to yourself that this was it; you were going to change your lifestyle or maybe become fully involved in your church and give up all your old ways and then turn around and not do anything about it???  I can probably bet that every single one of us has said that a time or two in our lives:) I have said it before and then done zero...zip...nada about it!

Jesus is wanting us to leave fully transformed and not keep living life every day moved by our emotions. There is two different ways for us to live, I believe. The first way is the narrow way that leads to LIFE and the second way is the broad way that leads to DESTRUCTION. Going down the broad way, there is lots of bitterness, unforgiveness, resentment, vindicitiveness and all that stuff we don't need in our lives. But, on the narrow way there is only one room for the Spirit.

Of course the flesh way, the broad way seems like the easiest way.  That is the way our emotions will take us, the easy way. But wisdom moves us to take the hard way that leads to life. I've heard my husband say countless times that whatever we've gone through in our lives, whether it be abandonement by our spouses, abuse by our parents, hurt from our children, pain from the past...IF WE WILL STAY ON THAT NARROW PATH THAT LEADS TO LIFE AND LEAVE ALL OUR EXCESS BAGGAGE BEHIND, sooner or later we will find the peace, joy and fulfillment that God has for us.

Jesus is the only way and He has shown us the way in which we are to walk by sending us His Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will lead, guide and direct us in the way we are to go, leading us on that narrow path to transformation, not the emotional way that Satan will lead us which is to destruction and mess!

In closing, Galatians 6:9 in the Message says, "Let us not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people chosest to us in the community of faith."


The question is: Which way will you choose??

Next time you go to a service and God speaks directly to you and you feel touched, don't let your emotions take over and walk you right out of the door the same person. Let the Holy Spirit, the Word of God and your constant prayer change you from the inside out. It's a challenge sometimes to walk the narrow path, but the reward is AMAZING!!

Be blessed today in your coming in and your going out:)


Jennifer Mushegan