Friday, February 17, 2023

The anger that we allow to fester within us is like a deep wound; it is the partner of sorrow. When we turn that anger inward, it becomes a form of self-inflicted abuse that can damage all of our faculties. It is like putting a tent of anxiety over the free exercise of our faculties. The expression of anger should be controlled by Someone else or an event. Anger can maim the Christian for life. It is the highway to uncontrollable threats and accusations that are driven deep into the recesses of the inner man. It is important that we gain control over whatever it is that controls us. Anger is often at the root of the sorrows that overtake our souls. This is why God has provided us with an inner conversion that unlocks this anger by showing us how to roll the anger over to Him. We want to be positive but the anger has such negative emotions that we find it infects all that we believe and talk about in displaying the love of God. When anger is controlling us even our wish that Gods love would be made real is a wish out of the pain of the anger in our sorrowful condition. We should not strive to be god-like, as we are fundamentally human. We express both the positive and the negative with equal passion. Temptation is not an intellectual battle, but rather a physical one in which we give in to our anger in order to feel strong. Our fundamental weakness is what makes us so susceptible to anger. We must learn to unburden our anger before God, begging for His forgiveness with passion. We must unburden ourselves of anger on a daily basis, as if it were a new conversion, so that we may find ourselves replaced with the love of God. When we are honest with God, we will experience freedom in community.There is a relationship between anger and physical pain. Anger can impede the healing process of the body and soul. The gospel is not just about wishing to be redeemed, but about finding a level of joy in God speaking salvation to our souls. We can learn to replace anger with love when we experience the heights of joy. This is why the Bible has effects that lead us up above our circumstances. We are, as it were, cheered on as we claim the promises. We find greater confidence in experiencing our whole soul and body receiving the spiritual effects of this transference of anger to love.The Psalmist writes about the importance of worshipping God with all our strength. They explain that, as we do so, we move from a weak experience to feeling the power of God within us, resulting in a more cheerful disposition. The more we plead the promises, the more we experience the heights of God's love for us.Even when we express negativity before God, we can still experience His power and rise up to Him. This is because the angels take our prayers and present them to God, along with the smoke from the fire on the altar. The fire symbolizes the curse that our Father enacts on our behalf, in order to protect us. May our worship always rise up to God.

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