Thursday, January 16,
2014
The most common result of human anger is the division of souls. We divide ourselves from one another with our
anger. That is largely because anger
clouds judgment and we do things we’d never ordinarily do when we are angry. And we do it to people we’d never want to hurt. That is why the LORD inspired Paul to write a
prohibition against unchecked anger for Christians:
Be angry but do
not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, Ephesians 4:26 (NRSV)
God knows that anger will creep in; it’s
a human emotion that builds inside because we are a fallen people. But he forbids us to let that which creepeth-in to be that which is allowed to stayeth
around!
Don’t let the day pass without dealing
with your anger; don’t let it fester and destroy relationships. I’ve known people who buried their anger;
years pass, until just the right time, and – wham – they let the object of their
grudge have it right between the eyes.
That’s shameful for a Christian!
A woman was hauled into court
and told the judge that her husband is a
horrible neat freak and he drives me
nuts about keeping everything tidy. After
the couple argued about the proper alignment of table place settings, [she] rented
a 3,000-pound, pneumatic tire forklift…and drove it through the front wall of
their one-story frame house.
According to neighbors who
witnessed the incident, she used the machine to smash the dining
Not letting the sun go down on your anger
doesn’t mean taking it out on the closest target before dark. It means dealing with your anger honestly and
with humility.
Today
Take a few moments
to review how you have dealt with anger you feel on the inside, and how you’ve responded
to others’ anger in the past.
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