Overcoming my emotions

Hosea 2:⁷She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
Then she shall say,
'I will go and return to my first husband,
for it was better for me then than now.'
⁸And she did not know
that it was I who gave her
the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and who lavished on her silver and gold,
which they used for Baal.

Hosea's wife exemplified what the people of Israel were doing to God. They were pursuing other gods, asking them for blessing and guidance, not knowing that all that they had was from the Lord. Their hearts had wandered from God and He was and is always so good to them. The only way He could get them to turn back to Him is to withhold His provision. Only then would they see and understand that He is the giver of all things good and holy.

When I'm feeling good, I'm so righteous. When I get depressed, I default to wanting to gratify my flesh. I need to work on pursuing God when I'm depressed or else once I sin in that impulsive way, I'll regret it forever. It seems like such a harmless thing, to entertain thoughts of disobedience and sin. However, the more I think about doing those sins, as little as they may seem, the more I feel like I have to do them. I've come so far and I really have no reason to sin. God is so good to me. My husband is so good to me. If I were to sin, it wouldn't even go the way the temptation is suggesting it will go. It's all an illusion to just get me away from God. I refuse to be like Hosea's wife. I don't want my emotions to rule over me. I have the power of the Holy Spirit living in me to overcome my flesh's tendencies. Victory in purity, holiness, and faithfulness are mine.

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your faithfulness to me. I'm sorry for having an adulteress' heart. I ask for Your purifying fire to burn up all my flesh's desires. Lord, I know that sin only leads to death. Please keep my feet upon Your righteous path. Help me, especially, in controlling my thoughts when my emotions are wavering. May I think and act upon what I know and not how I feel. I ask all this in the amazing name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Savior, Amen.