Ecclesiastes 7:9 – Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
Anger flares faster than a struck match and explodes like dynamite. It scars hearts and minds and kills many relationships. Don’t justify anger that does not bring good fruit. Some will rise up quickly to (angrily) ask “What about righteous anger?” Rarely do we truly have righteous anger, mostly we just have anger. We should not deceive ourselves. Besides, what of required forgiveness? We have and do deceive ourselves much too often. Oh Lord God, please help us to not act like fools. The anger that flares up only reveals what we war against within. We no longer want to suppress unholy anger within, no, instead we want to kill it. Our anger is rarely, if ever, righteous. Oh that we would only know true righteous anger and that all selfishness and foolishness would be a distant memory.
“Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God.” In other words do unto others as you would have them do unto you (Matthew 7:12). It is what Jesus does for us. Let’s pursue a heart that gives no home to anger, because if we do, it will surely flame up and reveal the shame of it being kept. Get rid of anger and replace it with the love of God. Remember that when bad is cleaned out, replace it with good, lest bad return. (Matthew 12:43-45)
Peace, love and wisdom rule when anger is vanquished. Lord, please, may it be so for all of us.
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”