A dear lady was very angry with another Christian sister,
and as they bandied words, she said to her neighbour, “Any more word from you,
I will drop this Bible, and smack your face!” Meanwhile, she wasn’t holding a
physical Bible, but she meant that she’d keep aside whatever caution the Bible
gives, and hit her.
What does that show? It shows the Word wasn’t yet in her
heart; it was still in the Bible. When the Word is in you, you can’t drop it;
it’s your life. Every Christian wants, and should live the life that’s
Spirit-ruled and Spirit-controlled; the life that’s filled with God. That’s
what Christianity is: Christ alive and at work in you, such
that you’re always under the sway and regulation of the Spirit; not such things
as anger, wrath and malice.
Don’t be controlled by your feelings or emotions; be
Spirit-ruled. It makes no difference how angry you are; hold yourself in; it’s
called in 2 Peter 1:6 “egkrateia” (Greek). The Bible says, “Be ye angry, and
sin not…” (Ephesians 4:26). In other words, “Manage your anger.” You can be
Confession
I’m full of the Spirit. I’m patient and full of divine wisdom; I express the beauty and excellence of divinity through my words and actions every day, being continually led of the Spirit, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
