AT EVERY POINT IN YOUR LIVES TOGETHER AS A COUPLE, THERE’S NEED for you to be sober minded, levelheaded and calm.
As adults whom marriage has united to raise God’s heritage or children who would become of leaders and nation builders, there’s a great need for you to walk in self restraint at every point in time. You must never let anything ignite anger, wrath or blinding rage in you that would turn you into a destructive inferno that would burn down yours and other lives.
When ever you sense a high degree of ANGER in you, know that you’re right at the edge of grave DANGER. You must muster all the power of self-control in you and rule your spirit or else what you never thought would happen would become your lot.
Our anchor scripture shows us how Cain who gladly set out to the presence of GOD as a happy Worshiper suddenly transformed into a cold blooded Murderer. “How could a Worshipper of God so quickly change and that so badly?” you may be wondering. That’s what ANGER can do! ANGER TURNS A MAN OR WOMAN INTO A FIEND, A DEVIL! And that tells you where Anger comes from in the first place. It’s from the bosom of Satan.
Our anchor scripture tells us that Cain became EXTREMELY ANGRY because God did not accept his offering while that of his brother Abel was accepted.
If he had been sober minded and calm, he would have known that Abel his brother was in no way responsible for the rejection of his offering. Neither was God to blame because He did not reject his offering unjustly. But he wasn’t sober and his lack of sobriety granted the spirit of rage access into his heart.
As soon as God saw his irrational anger, He warned him that danger was ahead of him if he persisted with his rage but Cain refused to listen:
“6 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.”(Genesis 4:6-7)
In verse 6 above God forewarned Cain that SIN was close by if he persisted in his anger but that he had the power to overcome the temptation.
Still blinded by ANGER, Cain hardened his heart against God’s loving warning. He believed that eliminating Abel was the solution to his depression. And so he lured Abel aside and killed Abel in cold blood; committing the first act of murder on planet earth. It was a deliberate, well calculated and intentional act.
Today, many read the account of the murder of Abel by Cain and shake their heads. But we must go well beyond just shaking our heads. The account is an open lesson to us all about what unrestrained anger can do. That’s why you must control your heart and emotions at all times and ensure that you don’t open the door to ANGER.
Just today, I read about a woman who killed her husband on Christmas Day in 2016 because he didn’t provide for the family to eat and drink and dress gorgeously like others. Do you think she meant to kill him? Definitely not. She was angry over his inability to provide special foods and clothing for her and the children. In all probability, a quarrel ensued and as the angry exchange intensified she hit him with something and that was it. He fell down and died.
But common sense should tell anyone that a man who couldn’t provide for his family at Christmas definitely couldn’t have had money stashed away somewhere and watched his family face the embarrassment of not celebrating like others on the joyful day. And for him to have so easily succumbed to death shows that he wasn’t strong and well fed either. His wife should have known all that. But again, it’s possible that she didn’t know because there are many husbands who don’t tell their wives their financial standing; leaving her to believe that he had but deliberately chose to keep it away from the family. This is why transparency is so critical in marriage. Be open to each other. Such a lifestyle creates trust which is a vital ingredient of love.
One of the duties of Spouses is to ensure that they don’t provoke their Mate to ANGER.
An example of this is the case of a housewife who was fond of doing video calls with other men. Making ordinary voice calls with other men and not minding the fact that your husband is hearing you is bad enough. How much more making video calls while he’s around. It’s provocative enough; more so when he had repeatedly expressed his displeasure and told her to stop it. Yet she continued. And then one day, he hit with a hammer and she died. Who stirred up the anger of the other? We all know the answer, don’t we?
Nevertheless, in the face of human judicial system, the fact of the husband’s committing the grave act of murder because of anger may not save him as he might have to pay for his crime with his life or freedom.
ANGER is like lighting a candle that’s at the open mouth a huge barrel of petrol. You must not do it or else it will light the barrel and there’ll be an explosion that will destroy you and others around you.
In Ecclesiastes the Bible tells us that ANGER dwells only in the heart of FOOLS. This is in agreement with what we said earlier that Anger comes from the bosom of Satan. He transfers it to the bosom of FOOLS. In other words, only FOOLS would grant ANGER tenancy in their lives. Please, read:
“Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9; AMPC)
Anger sits confidently in the lives of FOOLS because they’ve accepted it since it makes people fear them and step aside when they roar with ANGER. But because they are foolish, they lack the foresight to see that the Anger they keep and nourish will one day go out control causing them to do what they never dreamed of doing.
Don’t be A FOOL! Don’t give room to Anger in your heart! MANY ARE IN PRISON RIGHT NOW AWAITING EXECUTION BY HANGING BECAUSE OF ONE EVENING’S ANGER THAT MADE THEM KILL THEIR HUSBAND OR WIFE!
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