Yesterday as I was waiting for the kids to get home from their work I was nudged to create a chart separating the differences in spirit vs emotions. I had just finished reading the chapter in the book, The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee, and I couldn’t get this off of my mind. I was trying to figure out how in the world I was going to remember these differences? They seemed to be so very true, but I needed some way to grab ahold of them so I could use them meaningfully for myself as well as with others I work with. The chart seemed to be the answer.

A couple of differences which stood out are:

Our spirit identifies our wrongs/sins while our emotions will try to defend them. Another is our spirit will wait for our emotions to submit knowing that our emotions can be an enemy to our spirit. Lastly, our spirit will wait for God to speak while our emotions want us to act quickly.

There is much one can glean from waiting on God in our spirit for God is Spirit and His Holy Spirit resides in us as believers. It was very good for me to spend time allowing these differences sink in. This morning as I was reflecting on this the chorus Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus came to mind. The lyrics are: Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the Light of His Glory and Grace. These words describe what happens when our emotions are submitted to God and His Holy Spirit can take charge of our own spirit. Wow, God is so, so GOOD!