”Mastering” your emotions

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When our emotions control our behavior… what’s the pay off.

Does nagging work?

Does blaming work?

Does making excuses work?

 

When you feed negative emotions it only makes it worse…

AND - IT DOENS’T HELP THE SITUATION.

 

Blaming someone doesn’t solve any problems…

Nagging may get something done but at the expense of the relationship

Making excuses only puts you farther behind 

 

The Bible says in 1 Peter 4:2, “From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God’s will and not by human desires” (GNT).

 

First understand that God has emotions… he understands what you are going through.

He feels pain, joy, frustration, etc…

 

But he also gave us the choice of how to use our emotions…

 

Robert Plutchik’s wheel of emotions

We have three choices…

Stuff them down and eat them… only to cause harm later

Overreact and live on a rollercoaster ride of emotions

OR

Use them as a teacher. Asking God what do you want to teach me through each emotion. 

 

Lets say emotion is fire…

Stuffing emotions down is like stamping out any fire or flame

Lighting everything on fire is the overreaction and rollercoaster

Asking God how do you want me to use this fire?

You can heat a house, put it in a fireplace and enjoy it with your loved ones, you could cook a meal, you could blow glass or make candles… it is endless.

 

So you get angry at your boss or your spouse (thats your fire) what do you do? Stuff it, overreact or…You ask God how can I use this. 

 

He may ask you to talk to your boss, or show you things inside of you that need to change (your getting mad because your ego is a little to big and you think you deserve special treatment) Or he may ask you to take on a new project or job at work. The list is endless… but use it to learn from. 

 

This is what the scripture means by “being controlled by Gods will and not human desires”. 

 

You are saying “God this is my emotion… how do you want to deal with it within your perfect will”.