Do you walk by faith or feelings?
For those who like bible study, here is something we need to remember.
Faith, Not Feelings
Too many people try to get acquainted with God through their personal feelings. When they feel good, they think God has heard their prayers. If they don’t feel particularly good they think He has not heard them. Their faith is based on their feelings whereas it should be based on God’s word.
A ‘Thomas’ Faith
John 20:29 "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Thomas was one who based his faith upon his feelings, upon what his physical senses told him. He said that he would not believe unless he could see with his own eyes the prints of the nails in Jesus’ hands, and touch these nail prints with his own hands. He relied on what he could see and touch, not on what God had to say. We have so many like Thomas today, who believe only what they feel, believe only what they can see, hear, or touch. But real faith in God is based upon the Word of God. Real faith in the Word says, “If God says it is true, it is.” Believing God is believing His Word. If God’s Word says He hears me, then I know he hears me because He says so and His Word cannot lie.
If our faith is based upon feelings, then we are just using a natural human faith. We cannot get spiritual results with natural human faith. We have to use scriptural faith, Bible faith, believing in God’s Word. If our faith is based upon the Word of God, then we believe the Word, regardless of evidences that would satisfy our physical senses.
Anyone can believe what he can feel, hear, or see. We live and operate in the physical realm most of the time, and obviously, we have to walk by sight then. But when it comes to spiritual things, then we don’t walk by sight – we walk by faith.
Walking in the natural, we do have to go by our physical senses, but our physical senses have nothing to do with the Bible. God’s Word is true, whether we feel that it is or whether circumstances appear that it is or not. God’s Word is true. “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89).
Formula for Faith
First, use God’s Word for whatever you may be seeking; second, believe God’s Word; third, refuse to consider the contradictory circumstances, or what your physical senses may tell you about it; and fourth, give praise to God for the answer.
“For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89).
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only…” (James 1:22).
Faith, Not Feelings
Too many people try to get acquainted with God through their personal feelings. When they feel good, they think God has heard their prayers. If they don’t feel particularly good they think He has not heard them. Their faith is based on their feelings whereas it should be based on God’s word.
A ‘Thomas’ Faith
John 20:29 "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."
Thomas was one who based his faith upon his feelings, upon what his physical senses told him. He said that he would not believe unless he could see with his own eyes the prints of the nails in Jesus’ hands, and touch these nail prints with his own hands. He relied on what he could see and touch, not on what God had to say. We have so many like Thomas today, who believe only what they feel, believe only what they can see, hear, or touch. But real faith in God is based upon the Word of God. Real faith in the Word says, “If God says it is true, it is.” Believing God is believing His Word. If God’s Word says He hears me, then I know he hears me because He says so and His Word cannot lie.
If our faith is based upon feelings, then we are just using a natural human faith. We cannot get spiritual results with natural human faith. We have to use scriptural faith, Bible faith, believing in God’s Word. If our faith is based upon the Word of God, then we believe the Word, regardless of evidences that would satisfy our physical senses.
Anyone can believe what he can feel, hear, or see. We live and operate in the physical realm most of the time, and obviously, we have to walk by sight then. But when it comes to spiritual things, then we don’t walk by sight – we walk by faith.
Walking in the natural, we do have to go by our physical senses, but our physical senses have nothing to do with the Bible. God’s Word is true, whether we feel that it is or whether circumstances appear that it is or not. God’s Word is true. “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89).
Formula for Faith
First, use God’s Word for whatever you may be seeking; second, believe God’s Word; third, refuse to consider the contradictory circumstances, or what your physical senses may tell you about it; and fourth, give praise to God for the answer.
“For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89).
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only…” (James 1:22).
