Logic or Emotion
- 4 days ago
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Is God logical or emotional the answer is yes, we were made in his image not the other way around.
In 1st Corinthians Paul speaks of how the message of the cross seems foolishness to those on the path of destruction but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense.
He spoke on how the Jews looked for a miraculous demonstration. The Greeks lean on philosophical wisdom but the message of Jesus Christ crucified seemed absurd to them and they dismissed it and they missed their moment of salvation. We stand at the same precipice and must choose to trust God with our life.
In Romans we find the untraceable nature of God human logic cannot fully map out or understand his ways.
In Proverbs we read that we must trust in the Lord and not lean into our own understanding.
Isaiah tells us that God's thoughts are higher than ours; there's a vast gap between human thought processes in Gods. True understanding of God requires setting aside our human logic and submitting to faith in divine revelation. If we use our own logic as a guide to faith we will never take the leap.
Gideon was chosen by God and he had to systematically break down his logic to even get him on board with his purpose. God kept doing things illogically removing men and whittling it down to only 300 and they fought a battle without swords but just with a shout and simple lamps and pots. The enemy literally turned on themselves. From Gideon's perspective that should have never worked but from God's perspective they won the battle without swinging one sword.
Walking in silence around Jericho and then shouting on the last day how would this ever cause them to win a victory yet that's exactly what it did.
With these stories we see that logic is an enemy because it acts as a safety net for self-preservation.
Logic relies on what we can see; God asks us to see what is invisible.
Logic relies on our own resources; God wants us to rely on His.
Logic seeks to predict the outcome; God asks for the obedience that trusts Him with the outcome.
When we "lean on our own understanding," we often talk ourselves out of the very miracles God is trying to perform.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV) "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
Ephesians 3:20 (NIV) "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or think (Imagine) , according to his power that is at work within us."
Don’t Lose the wonder as a child. Don't grow up and grow out of being able to trust God.
How has logic hindered your ability to believe God’s Word?
How has this word reset your approach to God and helped you see a path to believing in him?
How did the word come alive to you through this message?
