Psalm 7:9 MEV
May the evil of the wicked come to an end; may You vindicate the righteous one; You are a righteous God who examines the minds and hearts.

Emotions are the core of every human being and are exhibited differently. The expression of our emotions is reflected in the way we react to things, people and circumstances. Our emotional state is in turn a reflection of our inner beliefs. Our text implies that God tests or tries the affections and motives of man, He tries our emotions until we’re purified to maturity.
Emotions often express themselves in pain, fear, greed, despair, bitterness, anger and much more and a lot of us are slaves to impulses-we are unable to stop ourselves from expressing what we feel, we give voice to every feeling, every emotion is vented, whilst some can barely control their actions, see Proverbs 29:11.
Genesis 4:5-7 tells us how Cain grew angry and hostile towards Abel his brother and God-his facial expression was what God referred to in Vs 6 and in Vs 7, God tells him, even as He tells us today to control his emotions. Anger and despondency are a dangerous combination, the combination that convinced Cain that killing his brother was the right.
How many lives have been destroyed because of anger? How many people are out of jobs, marriages and homes because they could not control their emotions?
Even God our Father passionately expresses His emotions in the pursuit of a relationship with His children; The Lord expressed grief at the rebellious life of His people, God’s states “my heart is turned within me” in Hosea 11:8, an indication of His grief.
The Lord expresses anger when we stray from righteousness as He did with Israel as recorded in Jeremiah 2:11-13.
The Father exhibits delight when we return to Him, Luke 15:11-32 is the case of the prodigal son.
There are others like Moses, David, Samson, Peter I could go on about several other characters who allowed their emotions to rule them but suffice to say the only lasting cure for emotional issues is found in spiritual realignment.
Emotions are a sign that one is alive because the dead feel nothing. No matter who you are, there will be periods when you feel more emotional than usual. You may wake up one morning and feel like breaking down and crying for no reason. You may feel sad or depressed; you may feel that nobody cares about you, or you might feel sorry for yourself. During those times you must learn how to manage your emotions and not allow them to manage you.
At such times your feelings will probably get hurt very easily. The slightest thing might make you angry. Emotions are very fickle! They can be one way one day and entirely different the next day.
Emotions when expressed in a good and positive way is meant to compel us to take godly actions to address ungodliness, unrighteousness and injustice like in 2 Timothy 1:7.
Emotions are a gift from God but as important as they are, we must never be ruled by them-rather we must subject our emotions to a will that is yielded to God as prescribed in Proverbs 15:18.
All emotions are intended to be expressed in a godly manner to avoid hurting ourselves and others and to glorify our Father.
Rule your emotions! Don’t let them rule you!
Shalom