The authority of our soul’s emotions is about to be recognized to the extent that it wipes out the self-understanding quested for.
Attributes of identity outside our feelings are being rejected, because we no longer dare to trust them. It can be compared to me throwing away my Norwegian passport, and claiming I’m Chinese — if that’s what I feel like. The need for freedom to be oneself (a legitimate need) has turned into an ever-growing expectation of placing oneself on a scale from one to infinity; a well-meaning requirement to find oneself in the realm of emotion.
The consequence is a confusing state of mind, where everything — or nothing — is true about who we are. This is what I call the tyranny of emotional rationality.
God never intended it to be this way. You and I were made to understand ourselves from a point of reference that never fails. My feelings fall short of telling me who I am, and my self-understanding is inevitably changing. But he who is; Jesus Christ, is always the same. He accommodates and inhabits everything that I am, and he breathes into my being a trustworthy foundation of identity. This foundation can never be constructed by private emotions. It’s rather a heaven-given foundation on which you and I can build identity that reflects truth about us. It’s a place of belonging and rest, where our feelings about who we are also will find peace.