WHY ARE YOU ANGRY?

“Sin is crouching at your door, it desires to have you, but you must master it.”

-  Genesis 4:7

God tells us that when we are angry, sin is crouching at our door.  In other words, anger is like a wild animal ready to jump out and overtake us.  It’s like a lion, crouching in tall grass, ready to pounce on its unsuspecting prey.

Anger can take control of us and even try to kill the object of our wrath.  Proverbs 18:14 asks,  “A crushed spirit who can bear?  How many people have we wounded because we’ve become angry and lashed out with our tongue?  The Lord warns in Ecclesiastes 7:9, “Do not quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.”  We may feel powerful when we’re angry, but deep down we know it’s mainly to cover up our weaknesses.

Someone has said that we live in an age of rage.  On our highways we witness road rage almost everyday.  People do and say terrible things to each other in anger.  On the news headlines since last week is the “Thrilla in NAIA”.  Two warring parties, the Tulfos and the Santiagos wrecking each other, aiming to destroy the other’s credibility, are racing to gain public’s sympathy.  Truly, when you walk down the hallways, you see anger everywhere.

God comes to us today and asks, “Why are you angry?” (Genesis 4:6).  God asks this question to get at the root of our problems.  He wants us to heal our hearts inflicted by others.  And we can trust Him to put a leash on the sin crouching at our door.

My prayer for today is that may the Lord help us to master our anger.  Teach us patience and self-control so that our responses to others do not injure or destroy them.

Good day and God bless you, in Jesus’ name.