Emotional Entitlement

“Let us make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Romans 14:19

With so many relationships that we experience over the course of our lives there are bound to be situations that arise that create in us an “emotional entitlement”. These are feelings that we believe are justified and warranted based upon certain actions of other individuals.

Feeling justified in these emotions and acting upon these feelings rarely bring about the peace of which Paul writes in his letter to the Romans. This verse states that we must make every effort to do what leads to peace. By this statement, nothing is exempt from our responsibility of searching for that successful effort that leads to peace. There will always be a resolution that God has for each situation. When we move in and through the filter of God in these circumstances, He will enlighten us on the manner in which to move and to act.

If we are truly following the leadership of the Holy Spirit, we will have complete peace in the most chaotic situation. We must not rehearse the things in our minds that bring about the emotional entitlement that binds us. I am speaking about myself and how the enemy seems to keep us in the victim role instead of the conqueror role.

We will always succeed in peace and be more than conquerors if we make the effort required to obtain God’s solution to our problems. If we feel peace in our situations apart from any resolution we can be guaranteed that we have allowed the Holy Spirit to do the work for us and act on our behalf.

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." Romans 8:37.

When experiencing your own "emotional entitlement", ask yourself, "Does this have eternal significance?" If the answer is no, ask God to resolve the situation and trust Him to act on our behalf.