The View From Ninety-Two

"Emotions cannot determine truth or decide right from wrong. Feeling good does not suggest that something is true, and feeling bad does not indicate it's false. Emotions contain no content, no information by which to evaluate truth or falsehood. Our reasoning capacity performs that function. Emotions are the part of the soul that appreciates and responds to life. Expecting them to identify truth is like asking our ears to smell a flower."
- Dr. Rick Cornish, 5 Minute Apologist, p. 36

It's strikes me that Satan's plan is to heighten my emotions and urge me to give them authority over truth. It's this strategy that he uses to keep me from really knowing and experiencing God. When I feel God's favor, I feel strong; when I don't feel His favor, I feel weak. Shouldn't God's promises make strong? As I write this, I begin to identify with the oracle written by Agur, son of Jakeh, recorded in Proverbs 30:

I am weary, O God; I am weary and worn out, O God. [2] I am too ignorant to be human, and I lack common sense. [3] I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.

But, since all wisdom ultimately comes from God (ref. Proverbs 2:6) and that He shows favor to the humble (ref. Proverbs 3:34b), I'm thankful that God would grant me the wisdom to see that I'm ignorant so that I can ask him for His help (be humble before Him) so that He could show me His favor. How gracious is He!