Some people find an excuse to nurse anger, in the verse, “Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath“ (Eph 4:26). Commenting on this, a man of God rightly states, “He that would be angry and sin not must not be angry with anything but sin.”
Some Christians excuse their anger, calling it ‘righteous indignation’. Scripturally, ‘righteous indignation’ indicates a ‘furious zeal’ for God, and is expressed when one is filled with Holy Spirit. For example, St. Paul, “filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?”(Acts 13:9,10).
“Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.” This should not be taken as a scriptural sanction to be angry and resentful until sunset. The Lord may come before sunset and you may be left behind. By losing his temper, a child of God experiences in his life, the ‘sunset’ of the Sun of Righteousness, Who is the true Light, thereby ushering in spiritual darkness. Therefore, “cease from anger and forsake wrath” (Psa 37:8).
Meekness is the opposite of anger. “Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matt 11:28,29). Rest in the meekness of the Lord; don’t boil with bitterness, resentment and anger.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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