Our Christian life is not a straightforward, easy leveled
path. There will be many ‘ups and downs’, emotionally or otherwise. Emotional unsteady patches
of road are the worst. We feel God has left us alone: He is not there. We
forget that even Jesus on Gethsemane cried out...
If we would consider the emotions/life we could think human
emotions as ups and downs of a frequency curve, where the highest and lowest
points would be the easiest point to tangentially exit the line – so also when
our lowest and highest points. Deep depression or prideful exultation moments are the ones in which we can ‘exit’ God’s will for our lives the easiest and
continue following our 'own' paths. It is here that our faith becomes most important: 'do I really believe?' 'Is God's Word really the truth? (Ephesians 6:17). If not, we may become 'wise in our own eyes' or consider ourselves nothingness and want to die. Such as did King Nebuchadnezzar in pride (Daniel 4: 30-34), and the prophet Elijah in depression (1 Kings 19:4).
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