God does not tell us anywhere that our feelings or emotions will get us to heaven. With God, it takes our actions to accept His grace through belief, faith, and keeping Jesus’ commandments (doing God’s will).

With God we have stability, reliability, and absolute Truth. Feelings, on the other hand, can be overwhelmingly happy or sad, wholesome or wicked. They can spark and ignite actions, make our hair stand on end, bring goosebumps, and distract us. One of the most important things to remember is that feelings are fleeting. They come and go; they change with every truth or lie we see or hear.

Scripture tells us, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17). We must then believe. We must repent (change direction). We must confess the name of Christ as our Lord and Savior. We must be baptized (immersed) to wash away our sins, and then walk in newness of life. We must take action.

Don’t take my word for it. Read it in God’s Word—then take God’s Word for it.

See: Romans 10:17; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:16; Acts 17:30-31; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:37-38; Matthew 10:32-33; Romans 10:8-10; Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12; Acts 22:16; Romans 1:5

God First!