I then discussed the great costs of such ruminating: It takes an emotional and physical toll it decreases ability to focus and perform well it detracts from enjoyment of. In my last article, I compared the appeal of focusing on self-righteous anger to the lure of the sirens in Greek mythology. In this article, I discuss strategies you can use to avoid ruminating on self-righteous anger.
When we are angry about the same things God is, this is righteous anger. Righteous Anger.Righteous anger in the Bible is God’s anger toward injustice and wickedness. Lets not deny the one whos been hurt the right to utter profound indignation.
We must first expose our pseudo-righteous anger. Compare Luke 1:51, 52.We tend to conceal our sins, covering them with spiritual whiteout. The adjective κραταιὰν, mighty, is, moreover, used only here. A phrase found nowhere else in the New Testament, but occurring in the Septuagint, Ex. Sinful anger is fueled by pride.Verse 6 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,” (Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ)Mighty hand (κραταιὰν χεῖρα). After all, didn’t Jesus Christ get angry?” and self-justify their anger that they feel entitled to.At the root definition of sinful anger is selfishness.
God will bring persecution to an end. Trusting God ultimately leads to exaltation by him in “due time.” This description means either the time of Christ’s second coming or a time near at hand. Trusting God in this way is another way to resist Satan, who would invite us in the midst of our pain to curse God and die.
Cut the fuel supply of anger that ultimately leads to bitterness. Repentance is serious business and issues forth in emotional sorrow over sin.Ἵνα ὑμᾶς, in order that in you may be fulfilled that law of the kingdom of God, “he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted,”Don’t play the victim mentality but rather see yourself as a sinner in need of Christ. We must grieve, mourn, and wail. Even in the book of James, the solution to interpersonal conflict is shockingly vertical! We must repent.
It tends to pull us in different directions so that we do not depend on him. The term ( merimnan) means “to be drawn in different directions, to be divided or distracted.” Whatever we are anxious about tends to distract us from trusting God. We are to trust God with our anxiety, the things we worry about. 5 and should be translated so as to make this evident: “be lowly,” the effective aorist imperative.Cast means “to throw something upon someone or something else.” This word suggests a deliberate decision of trust. The biblical record confirms this.Verse 7 “Casting all your anxieties on him, because zhe cares for you.” (πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν ἐπιῤῥίψαντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτῷ μέλει περὶ ὑμῶν)Ταπεινώθητε repeats the idea of ταπεινοῖς and of ταπεινοφροσύνην referred to in v. Cast All Your Anxiety unto Him and Turn to ChristMost human anger is sinful.
Rev., rightly, anxiety.St. “Not every anxiety as it arises, for none will arise if this transference has been effectually made.” Care. All your care (πᾶσαν τήν μέριμναν). Cast all your anxiety and cares unto Christ. He wants us to put more trust in ourselves and others as opposed to God.What is your response to anger? Do you rail against him or her? Do you ignore or withdraw from the person you’re angry with? Or do you simply kick the dog, or the door? If so, your anger is not Christ like.
Pride is at the root of most of our anxiety. The sixth and seventh verses should be taken together: Humble yourselves and cast all your anxiety. Meaning the watchful care of interest and affection. 139:22), for perhaps I hated them more because I was to suffer by them than because they did things utterly unlawful” (emphasis added).To refuse to surrender our anger is to welcome the devil to wreak havoc in our hearts and relationships.He careth (μέλει). How did Augustine respond?“My heart hated them, though not with a ‘perfect hatred’ (Ps.
As John Piper said from Desiring God so well, “One of the most difficult battles of the Christian life is not to be angry when you’re not supposed to be angry.” He wants all or nothing. I realize too, the older I get, the more I self-justify my own pseudo anger problems. 4:6, 7.All sinful anger is hard to fight.
Desiring God et al., Killjoys: The Seven Deadly Sins, ed. Jones, Uprooting Anger: Biblical Help for a Common Problem (Phillipsburg, N.J: P & R Publishing, 2005). Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England : Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 1994). Humble yourself before the Lord, and cast all your anxiety unto Him. He is all about radically transforming your entire life.Christ is sovereign overall and He is in control of all the universe.
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