Do Your Feelings Control You?

Feelings are how people naturally discern things. The first mention of feelings in the Bible is when Isaac discerned between his sons Jacob and Esau by feeling of Jacob's hands and neck. Isaac trusted in what he felt more than what he heard, and was deceived. The worldly advice to "follow your heart" is the road to hell for almost all of the human race. To overcome our feelings and not allow them to control us, to make our decisions for us, and to direct our lives requires the help of the Spirit of God. Only the person who has truly been born again, and learned to trust in the Lord at all times, is able to deny himself and do the will of God, instead of what he feels.