June 13, 2005

[Rev. Doc]

What Dictates Your Decisions?

"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter."
Isaiah 5:20

Dennis Prager in the July/August 1993 edition of Good News writes:

"It is no wonder that in 15 years of asking high school students throughout America whether, in an emergency situation, they would save their dog or a stranger first, most students have answered that they would not save the stranger. "I love my dog, I don't love the stranger," they always say. The feeling of love has supplanted God or religious principle as the moral guide for young people. What is right has been redefined in terms of what an individual feels."

We allow our emotions to dictate so many times what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. God's Word is very clear in these areas. As difficult as decisions sometimes may be, it should be our ultimate instruction under the leadership of God's Spirit.

Prayer: Ask the Lord to give you guidance through His Word and not to rely of emotions.

"Feelings come and feelings go and feelings are deceiving; my warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing."
~Attributed to Martin Luther