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MISLEADING HEART

Being guided by the heart is a risk; the Bible teaches us that he is deceitful

09/11/2018

By: Bishop Amaury de Farias

Overcoming spiritual obstacles is impossible for the natural man, he does not think with the mind of God, he sees only what is visible to ordinary eyes. Exercising faith has nothing to do with just crying out to God for healing or prosperity, but also letting him interfere with our behavior. Taking choices based on the tilt of our feelings is a risk.

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt" (Jeremiah 17: 9a).

Job's wife is a good character to illustrate this teaching. Children, goods, health ... Job had lost everything and did not raise his voice to question God. His positioning leaves his wife discontented. "Do you still preserve your integrity? Curse God and die "(Job 2: 9). Your speech is understandable. She thought like an ordinary person who responds to the evil that is done to her. However, Job acts as a spiritual man. The "most correct" would be to abandon God and seek a god who would favor him. That is not what Job did. He accepted and remained: "(...) have we received the good from God and would not we also receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips "(Job 2: 10b). Does not that sound crazy? The Bible states in 1 Corinthians 2:14 that the things of the Spirit of God are understood anyway, as something insane. But those who choose them do not repent and live the best. Job was restored in all areas that the devil robbed him. From the process he faced came out stronger, knowing God up close and with a story that inspires people to this day. The important thing in the end is not "things", goods, prosperity. The best part is contained in the process. What matters is not where you are going to get, but the path you will take there. God bless your day!