Anger Management

UV 1342/10,000 Anger Management

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Ephesians 4 v 26

Oftentimes in our daily lives we are provoked to anger. But the Lord understands that circumstances cause us to be angry but He warns us not to carry the anger forward into another day. It should set before the sun sets or it should be dealt with before the day ends. If not it could lead us into sin, evil, malice and the root of bitterness. This is an excellent principle of anger management.
Anger led even Moses to disobey God. He struck the rock twice with his staff in anger when He was asked by the Lord to speak to the rock to yield water. Anger will affect our productivity and our effectiveness adversely. Jesus said, “ If we call our brother “ Racca” or fool, we are in danger of judgement” for the words used and consequently, are in danger of facing the fire of hell. Anger affects our speech and causes us to use words that are harsh and damaging. It affects our relationships permanently. Jesus Himself displayed anger ,righteous anger only once when He found His Father’s house, the temple turned into a “den of thieves.” Zeal for His Father’s house filled Him with righteous anger. Righteous anger leads to inner cleansing. We should turn our righteous anger towards ourselves so that we are cleansed of deception and sin.
God is quick to forgive and slow to anger. We should aim to emulate Him for scripture says that he who is slow to anger is of great understanding. We should commune with our own hearts each day as we lie in bed and dissolve the hard feelings that caused us to be angry during the day. If we do not, anger will make us to meditate on evil and to repay evil with evil. We should surrender the cause of our anger to the Lord and He will deal with it and help us with grace and wisdom to deal with it. We must create a clearing house of emotions within us so that we start each day with a fresh slate and do not carry forward a backlog of negative thoughts and feelings that will affect our relationships, inner joy and peace, our work and our health.

Prateep V Philip