Your Emotions Are A Gauge, Not A Guide

Last updated on: October 11, 2012 at 7:37 am by Joe Carter

Your Emotions Are A Gauge, Not A Guide 2012-10-11T07:37:06+00:00 Joe Carter

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God designed your emotions to be gauges, not guides. They’re meant to report to you, not dictate you. The pattern of your emotions (not every caffeine-induced or sleep-deprived one!) will give you a reading on where your hope is because they are wired into what you believe and value — and how much. That’s why emotions like delight (Psalm 37:4), affection (Romans 12:10), fear (Luke 12:5), anger (Psalm 37:8), joy (Psalm 5:11), etc., are so important in the Bible. They reveal what your heart loves, trusts, and fears. At Desiring God we like to say pleasure is the measure of your treasure, because the emotion of pleasure is a gauge that tells you what you love.

– Jon Bloom, Desiring God

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