This sermon has a great point. When you go to revival conferences or christian events, they tend to really give you that "feeling" that the Lord's presence has truly been in that place! Or when you are a new believer, all the "feelings" of being inlove are so strong, it is like you are on cloud nine all the time! But what happens when we get back home from the conferences, when we encounter a trial or two or are informed of some besetting news, what happens to those feelings? They cause us to feel like everything was amiss, we think that somehow God has changed because our feelings have changed.
The bad news is that feelings are fickle. We can easily be deceived when we base our experiences of God and his love for us off of how we feel. The good news is that the bible tells us that God is the same always. He is not fickle like human flesh which gives us all the more reason as to why he is so trustworthy.
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. "- Hebrews 13:8
"And he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!"- 1 Samuel 15:29
These scriptures testify of the Lord's consistency. Let us trust in his grace alone and unchanging, unconditional love to sustain us, not our feelings.
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