What is happening in people’s hearts today? So many people are getting angry and upset for the smallest of things. You can clearly see this in the morning and afternoon commute. The other day a car passed on my left side and the driver gave me “the finger” and then drove away very quickly. Meanwhile, I don’t even know what I did to merit “the finger.” Road rage has become commonplace today. It seems that the whole nation is angry about something. Psalm 37: 8 (CJB) says: “Stop being angry, put aside rage, and don’t be upset — it leads to evil.” The interesting thing about anger is that usually, people usually lash out at others, when the source of their anger is someone or something completely different. Your co-laborer might lash out at you, yet it might be that he or she had an argument at home. Your child might be angry, and might not want to talk with you, yet, it might be because of something that happened at school. In any case, it is so important that we learn to harness our “anger.” Uncontrolled anger can lead us to sin. It can destroy relationships. It can land us in jail. While anger is normal, the Apostle Paul instructs us to “be angry and do not sin.” This means that we can control our anger. Use anger constructively to propel you to do things that you really need to do, but do not allow anger to control you. Like David said: “It leads to evil.”
Ephesians 4:26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
