Oh so that's how you feel huh?!

There were times when I felt like God has forgotten about me. There were times where I felt unwanted. There were times where I felt like I was a failure. There were times where I felt like I did'nt have a purpose. But here's what this is: they were all just feelings. Feelings come and feelings go. One second I feel like I am  not going to talk to someone ever again and in the next moment I feel like they are one of the best blessings of God in my life.




One morning this week, I woke up and said within myself: "God, I feel disconnected from you today." And the word I got in my spirit was "let's focus on the facts today instead of the feelings." To tell the whole story I will have to start at the very beginning. Wich is the moment my alarm went off. It was a very important day for me, bacause I decided to take Theology classes and I was waiting on God, to tell me if I was on the right track with this and if this was His will for me.

But I felt extremely tired that morning. I did'nt want to get up. So while I was still lying in bed I was calculating every minute I had left to straighten my hair, to take a shower, to put on makeup and to get dressed. And before I finaly convinced myself to get up, I said a quick prayer to God, because that's what you do as a good Christian right?! You pray first thing in the morning. But I was falling asleep while I was committing this day into the hands of God.

So as I was brushing my teeth, there came this feeling of disconnection as I told you earlier.

It was only until I put on my makeup and got realy calm in my spirit, as I was putting on my eyliner, that I came to God, asking Him for a word for the day. And it was like He was just sitting there, waiting for me to ask Him because the answer came so fast. He led me to Joshua 1:9. So I put my eyeliner down, opened my Bible app and there it was: The exact Word I needed from God that day.

This is my command- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. 

For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

-Joshua 1:9 NLT

God was with me the entire time, despite of me feeling disconnected. I just felt like I could'nt give God all my time, because I was too busy and too tired. I still feel like I have missed out on some of the things God wanted to reveal to me that morning, because I felt in a rush to get somewhere I couldn't go without His grace in the first place.

Look: Even as devoted Christians we may not always FEEL like praying or FEEL like reading our Bibles or FEEL like serving or FEEL like getting up early to spend that extra time with God, but I pray we overcome feelings and focus on the facts. 

Feelings VS Facts:

Fact is your prayer is important

Fact is God wants to speak to you through His word

Fact is God has assigned you to your purpose for a reason

Fact is our lives are not ours, they were bought with a high price So God should have our time and our thoughts because we owe Him that.

So next time you get into yor feelings, remind yourselve of some facts.