"Must I not experience good feelings," you ask, "before I can be saved?”
Imagine a ship at sea. The wind gets up, the waves rise, a storm is coming.
"Furl the sails!" shouts the captain.
"It is done, sir," answer the men.
"Drop anchor!”
"Done, sir," answer the men.
But still the ship rolls about, and is drifting on towards the rocks.
"Have you dropped anchor?" asks the captain.
"Yes, sir.”
"Where have you dropped it?"
"In the hold," say the men.
What a foolish thing! They drop the anchor inside the ship instead of outside, and it is drifting on to certain destruction.
Are you dropping anchor in the hold—looking into your own heart to seek "good feelings" on which to rest? Cast your anchor on Christ. He is the only safe anchorage for the soul. Whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.