Generally speaking anger is an emotion that most of us find uncomfortable to experience, so we attempt to deny and push down its negative and persistent presence. There are others who feel comfortable with anger, and self-righteously use it to protect themselves and control others. Still most of us desire to walk in love not in anger! Yet as we live out our lives in this world, anger is a natural, human emotion that must be dealt with. In the Psalms, King David processed and released his emotion by feeling his anger while talking to God about why he was angry. The Bible teaches; go to God…acknowledge our anger …feel our anger… let go of our anger. This same processing method works today and will keep us from letting our anger escalate day after day. When we choose to hold on to anger, it becomes sin. The sin of holding on to anger gives Satan an opening to deceive us while holding us captive in our wounds. Because of God’s love, Jesus died for our sins, and He longs for us to put the anger on Him. He is the One who has the power and desire to take our anger and replace it with His love and peace. Learning to let of anger is an on-going process that we must learn to work out in our life’s journey. Releasing anger will change our heart… making room for His Spirit to enlighten and lift us up. The Lord knows we cannot overcome our anger issues without His help and He wants to help free us spiritually, emotionally, and physically from the devastating effects of holding onto anger.

“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4: 26-27).