Unnecessary Anger

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

 

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Every day of our lives we are placed in situations that engage us with other people, whether it is in our homes, the office, or in public places and in those situations anger can arise when we least expect it.

Think of anger in this way, it is like warning lights on the front of your car dashboard. They signal that there is something going on under the hood, and we should take a look to examine the source of the problem.

 

Anger can be traced to a few sources.

 

When we lose control of a circumstance that we have placed certain expectations on and those expectations do not result in our desired outcome, we are tempted to get angry. The source of this type of anger is both fear and protection of personal rights. You see, when we believe we have a right to something, we have not given God permission to allow an outcome different from what we want. If an outcome is different from our expectations, this may stimulate fear which may lead to unnecessary anger.

Know that the source of your anger is the fear of what might happen to you, what others might say about you, or the fact that you no longer are in control of the circumstance and this creates fear in you.

The next time you get angry ask God what is the source of that anger?

 

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7). Give up your rights to expectations that God never gave you and you will find a new freedom in God you never knew you could have.