Let us anchor our emotions on God and His promises. Nothing can pluck us out of His hand. Nothing can separate us from His love. He holds us fast and He keeps us close. He is our Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer. He is our heavenly Father who knows our needs even if we do not ask Him. 

Have you experienced volatility in your emotions? Happiness and sadness seem to be like a rollercoaster ride because it is anchored to the ups and downs of life. I do not mean to invalidate emotions or to discourage people to feel and entertain emotions. But my point is to anchor our emotions on the stability of God and the eternality of His word, and not on the volatility of our circumstances.

The apostle Paul knows this well. Even in the midst of an unwanted and downgrading circumstance, he still commanded the readers of his letter to rejoice in the Lord. God said through Paul: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” (Phil. 4:4)