for the month of love
FAKE IT 'TIL YOU FEEL IT
Steven Furtick
Elevations Church, NC
January 16th, 2008
When something is the right thing to do, now is always the right time
to do it. Whether you feel like it or not. Whether your motives are
completely correct initially or not. Whether you perceive any
immediate reward in it or not.
When your feelings and God's instructions are at odds with one
another, you've got to fake it 'til you feel it.
When you're feeling envious of someone, don't wait until you feel like
celebrating their success…write them a note of encouragement when
you're at the deepest point of your jealousy. Pray for God's favor to
increase on their life until you can really mean the words you're
praying. It will expedite the process.
Don't wait until you're feeling love for others to improve your relationships.
Act out your love for them until the actions become an authentic attitude.
Loving others as Christ loved the church means initiating love…
Not reciprocating it. And certainly not just feeling it.
Faith is not forged out of feelings. Faith is forged out of obedience.
And what begins as obedience out of obligation will eventually
metabolize from duty to delight.
When it comes to doing the right thing, you can't afford to wait for a feeling.
I'm sure you've waited long enough to do some stuff because you aren't
feeling it yet. Well, fake it 'til you feel it.
Faking it 'til you feel it isn't hypocrisy. It's faith. And faith
doesn't follow feelings.
For God's sake, don't let your feelings force your life into a holding pattern.
Force your feelings into alignment with the Word of God.
And the feeling will follow…
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Yes it's painful and difficult to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you (Matthew 5:44).
Yes it's easier said than done.
BUT the good news is, with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible! (Matthew 19:26)
We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! The feeling will follow...
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more on love
now on intimacy...