"I am fearful for the man who is not far from the kingdom of God, who has often wept under the sound of the preaching of the gospel, who has often seen the reality of the love of God in Jesus Christ at the cross, who has often recognized his own sinful ways and said, "I have played the fool," but five minutes after the message is over he is outside the church, all conviction forgotten. He has silenced the holy emotion and has gone out to live in disobedience again, in spite of the stirring of the Holy Spirit in his heart."
- Alan Redpath (The Making of a Man of God)
How easy it is to get wrapped up in emotions when we hear a message that maybe tickles our ears, and yet moments later we're back in the world and have completely turned our backs on what we were just 'moved' by. And I say that not to condemn, but to point out that I'm guilty of doing that same thing! We must realize that our relationship with God shouldn't be based on emotions or whether I 'feel good' today–––rather, we praise and worship God because He's worthy of all of that and more!
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in the mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was."
- James 1:22-24
