Logic or Emotion
- Dec 29, 2025
- 2 min read
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?
How has logic hindered your ability to believe God’s Word? I have never thought of myself as logical or even all that smart; emotional, yes, but logical?...however, in listening to this message I realize that everyone has a "logical" voice in their head to some degree, even me. Most of the time that logical voice reminds me of previous experiences where I failed because I jumped to soon or was wanting to draw attention or something so that even if I'm sure God is speaking to me to do something or say something, that logical voice will cause me to question, "Is it really You God." In the questioning, the moment passes and the opportunity is gone. Or the thought…
1. How has logic hindered your ability to believe God’s Word?
This message brings me back to Bishop's message in April of this past year called "What is your worldview?" There was a part that talked about "emphasis on rationalism". In that blog post, I recognized that I tend to do things according to my logic, which would ultimately be using my natural "human" reasoning. As I reflect, I truly believe that I have grown and started to pray and declare according to the word of God despite what "logic" says about it. I am at a point where I don't care what the world says, I want to know what God says. I want God's solution to problems, not…
How has logic hindered your ability to believe God’s Word?
Logic has often caused me to filter God’s Word through what feels reasonable, predictable, or safe. When I lean too heavily on logic, I tend to ask “How will this work?” or “What’s the backup plan?” instead of trusting God’s promise at face value. In doing so, I sometimes delay obedience or shrink my faith to match my own understanding. Logic can quietly become a form of self-protection, keeping me from fully trusting God and limiting Him to only what I can understand.
How has this word reset your approach to God and helped you see a path to believing in Him?
This message reset my approach by reminding me…
How has logic hindered your ability to believe God’s Word? Being in maintenance all my life and fixing things, I have gotten used to the fact that things have to work in a specific order so that the machines will run right. If anything is out of order or not working at all the machine will not run. All these things are visible and can be evaluated to see if there working correctly. With God there’s much that is unseen and out of my control when He’s working, which has hindered my ability to trust Him.
How has this word reset your approach to God and helped you see a path to believing in him? I must humble myself and…
How has logic hindered your ability to believe God's word?
I tend to listen to people and I automatically think okay that sounds logical or reasonable with out actual taken the time to think about it and try and see where the logic is and when I do that it's kinda a already tainted on what is logical because I am trusting someone else's take on logic other than God. It's hindered me in a lot of ways in my life were I don't always use logic when doing something or is it of the world's way I am trying to solve my issues and if I was using logic all along then I would be following God's logic an…