Daily Devotional 2-15-21

Feelings Follow

It happens all the time. Housewives and business people find their work piling up and they get depressed. The more the work stares them in the face, the more depressed they are. They become like children who never feel like doing anything. They want to feel good. But those good feelings evade them. In fact, as they dodge their work responsibilities, the worse they feel. You’d think they would get the hint. But they don’t. Their thinking is scrambled. They actually believe good feelings are required in order to accomplish their work.

But the exact opposite is true! When we do what is right, good feelings follow. For example, Jesus exhorted His disciples to be servants. He gave them the example of doing the job of a servant. He washed their feet. Then He said, “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them” (John 13:17). In part, when Jesus speaks of being blessed, He has in mind the human emotion of happiness. And He tells us that we will be happy when we do what is right. In other words, good feelings follow.

Now when Jesus wants us to be servants, He wants us to do the dishes, take out the garbage, make the bed, shovel snow, clean the basement, do our homework, and other tasks like these. It is depressing when the dishes pile up in the sink and the garbage can is running over. I rarely feel like cleaning up messes the dogs have made. But it must be done. And as Jesus promised, the good feelings always follow. So if you are depressed, get to work. Do what needs to be done. Don’t wait until you feel like it. You never will Good feelings will follow. To help you understand this better, click here and listen to “The Place of Your Feelings.”

From: http://dennyprutow.com/daily-devotions/

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