"Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Ecclesiastes 7:9)"
Anger is a disease of the mind!
Yes, it is a mental disease that causes the thoughts of a gentleman to weigh a few 'mental-pounds' more than he can bear, it makes his words to stink even worse than rotten eggs, it propels him to act in a way that sickens even his own soul, and eventually turns him into a big embarrassment amongst the nobles in his life.
When an angry man stands up to speak, he believes that his voice must be the loudest microphone in town! so, he yells, he pants, he fidgets, he points his finger at his wife like he was talking to a chimpanzee, he describes his children like they were the next worthless rats from the zoological garden, he tells his boss off as if his job had never mattered to him, he shouts at a business partner in the midst of a serious business proposal without thinking of the implications, he wants everybody to hear him out without listening to the voice of reason and decency within him.
Indeed, anger is a malady of the soul.
For if it were not a malady, a man should at least know what to say when provoked, he should at least know what not to say, when he is irritated.
That was why, even Moses, a man who was said to be the meekest of men, lost it when he saw the people he had led for years turn to worship another god, just because he had gone to the mount to receive commandments from the real God! He got so angry that he had to smash the tablets of ordinances in his hands.
And that stroke of anger, caused him to go back to repeat the process he had just concluded! Friend, I prophesy, that anger will not be used as tool to keep you in a circle, in Jesus name!
I know of a woman who was in the habit of smashing every item of worth in her home whenever her husband provoked her to anger, just for the purpose of teaching her husband the lesson of his life; but the truth of the matter is that, that same woman always ended up depleting the family purse to replace those items when her anger tantrums simmered down, i also know of a man who would always convert his wife, I mean the very lady he just described as, 'honey' 'sweet-heart' 'sugar-cane' 'apple-pie' 'lollipop' etc, into a punching bag as soon as his anger streak was provoked.
Some men even boast of what they can do when they get angry. You hear them talk like this:
"Don't get me worked up, because when I get angry, i spoil things!"
Some will put it this way:
"Wait until you see me get angry and act out, then you will begin to fear me"
Others will even make it sound less pungent like this:
"Well, I don't spoil anything when I get angry, I only loathe that other person like the very scum of life"
Dear friend, whichever way you look at it, whichever you consider it, whichever way you analyze it, anger is simply and squarely a big minus to the victim. It cheapens him, makes him a laughing stock, causes him to regret his outcomes, makes him to truncate his destiny like Moses, and opens him up to every kind of emotional risk.
That is why the above scripture in Ecclesiastes 7:9 admonishes us that we must not be quick to get angry, that we must bite our words before speaking them out, when under the influence of anger, that we must take a deep breath for like ten seconds before saying the next word when the emotion of anger holds sway, that we must count, 'one to ten backwards' before saying another word, when angry.
For it is not the anger that is the spoiler, it is the thoughts, the words and the acts of anger that creates the mess.
That scripture also lets us know that anger is not found amongst the virtues of life, it does not hold a place of mastery in the grand citadel of learning, it does not beckon on the nobles for a fanfare because it is not counted amongst them!
Where then is anger found? According to that scripture, anger is found in the bosom of fools!
Yes, f-o-o-l-s!
So, the question then is, do you want to be counted amongst the wise or amongst the fools?
The answer to that question should not have been difficult, if anger were not a demon, a spirit, a negative power that tries to magnify your pet standards above other standards.
That is why the serious issues of anger do not bow to mental dynamics, they bow to spiritual authority! They do not respond to psychological adjustments, they run off when the word of God is decreed against them, they do not stop because you wished them off, they cease when authority is taken over them in the name of Jesus!
That is why anger is not just an attitude, it is also a manipulation of the enemy. A manipulation that creates a deeply entrenched attitude that compels the victim to think in a certain way, talk in a certain way and act in a certain way.
But it is my prayer today, that anger will not find a resting place in you, that anger will not be your friend, that anger will not dominate you, that anger will not truncate your destiny and that anger will not make a mockery of your life, in Jesus name. Amen!
So, brace up, cheer up and declare these words from your heart slowly and quietly for five minutes:
"i will allow the joy of the Lord to have
it's perfect work and way in me now!
I will not be a tool in the hand of anger, because
the triplet of joy, love and peace are
now working in me, in Jesus name" Amen!
Friend, may the wonders of God be perfected in you, as you dwell in the domain of joy unspeakable which is full of glory, now and ever!
Cheers and God bless. And also remember to drop me a few lines to know what God is doing in your life. Hallelujah!
Iyke Nwambie
Dr Iyke Nwambie, blogs at, www.iykenwambie.com aka 'the advancement strategies blog'
