A Display of Strength

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city. ~ Proverbs 16:32



God is in the business of restoring and maintaining good relationships. Jesus gave us peace.

There is a scripture in the word of God for whatever your needs are so that you can experience this peace that Jesus came to give you. Therefore, if there are times that you have to put away strong emotional feelings such as wrath, you must allow the Word of God to well up inside of you and deal with the situation in a godly manner.






Wrath is violent anger and rage. It is one thing to have that strong feeling of displeasure, but it's another thing to allow it to get to the place where you become filled with rage and violence. We live in a violent society today because there's been very little ministry on the subject of anger and love. People have gotten away from love, thinking that love displays weakness. Love does not display weakness. Love displays strength!






Anger displays weakness. He said to put away wrath because wrath is violent anger. Wrath is anger that has been bottled up over a long time. Not dealt with properly, it can bubble up and explode. The result is some kind of violent act, possibly even a crime. And everyone else is wondering, "What happened? I didn't think he'd ever do anything like that." The individual who explodes like that is someone who has never gotten rid of that root of bitterness. They never dealt with the issue and swept it under the rug thinking it would go away.






The way to deal with anger is to turn it over to the Lord. The Lord will then tell you what to do about it. One-way of turning it over to the Lord is to find scriptures that apply to that situation. There is something in the Word of God for everything that happens in life. Then you act on the Word of God and do it God's way.






Notice that I didn't say that you would feel like acting on the Word of God. You are not a feeling. You are a Spirit being, created in the image and likeness of God. You may not feel like it at all. But, if you go on and do what the Word says, the feelings will follow.



A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ~ Proverbs 15:1



A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife. ~ Proverbs 15:18






The discretion of a man delays his anger; and it is his glory to overlook a transgression. ~ Proverbs 19:11






A gift in secret averts anger: and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath. ~ Proverbs 21:14






by Keith Butler