Psalms 4:4-5

"Be angry and do not sin.
Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness
and put your in trust the Lord."


It is often difficult to not let anger lead me to a fi of rage. Work can sometimes get me to that point. I have, over the past two days been so gently reminded by my Father in Heaven that it is ok to be angry. However, where is my heart when that anger is revealed?

Not only does God give us permission to be angry, He himself gets angry. Last night I read John 2 where Jesus made a whip out of cords and drove all the merchants out of the temple. He was irate! There are also many references where God was angry, references of him feeling agony, troubled in spirit, crying and even calling the pharisees some pretty harsh names. Yet, he was without sin. 

Obviously, we shouldn't be ruled by anger (or any emotion for that matter). We need to have self control - it's a fruit of the spirit. However, that doesn't mean that we need to walk around as emotionless beings, when God clearly made us as beings who experience emotion.

The scripture in Psalms was a good reminder that God not only gives me permission to be angry, but expects that there will be nights when I will lay on my bed still thinking about what angers me. He tells me to be still and to put my trust in him. When we can choose not to let our emotions lead us to sin but rather lead us to Him...then that's powerful.