Do you sometimes need a little extra guidance? Have there been times when you need to be jerked back into line? Have you ever needed to have someone discipline you for getting out of line? Are there times you still need to be turned away from doing harm to yourself or others?
Our tempers can get the best of us sometimes. It may be a time when we feel we have been wronged. It may be that a loved one has been mistreated. It may have been a time when we were upset with ourselves for something we did that we knew we shouldn’t have.
I know there have been times when I have lost my temper. When I was in high school, my Mom could always tell when one of my sisters had upset me. She would come home from work and find my bedroom had been rearranged. Thankfully, I took out my frustrations that way rather than striking out at my sister.
When we become adults, we may find it more difficult to reign in our temper. Yet, we are cautioned by God to not allow our temper to get the best of us. That can be very difficult. I cannot imagine keeping my temper in check if someone serious injured someone I love. It would be like trying to hold back a raging bull.
So how do we keep our temper in check? We can only do so with God’s help. The more we learn to trust God the easier it is to hold down our temper. Why? Because we know that God has everything under control. We trust that it will all work out because God is in the midst of it. Trust in God is the only way to keep our animalistic reactions from getting the best of us.
I pray we all learn to trust God with our entire being. I pray we seek to keep our temper in check. I pray each one of us will control our anger with the help of God and in our trust of him. Trust God. Increase your trust in God. Control your temper. Ask God to help.
Psalm 32:9
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
Marty Pressey 