Do you ever have righteous anger?
Perceive: Saul in his early role as the king has a few great moments. In this text, he is filled with God’s Spirit and exercises a righteous anger. Anger is a powerful emotion. It often drives us to act in ways that hurt other people with offensive speech or physical violence. In contrast, anger directed appropriately toward sin and the abusive mistreatment of others is not always wrong. Saul’s anger at the Amorites was justified since they were attempting to humiliate and mistreat his fellow Israelites.
Practice: Empathic anger is when some injustice or sinful behavior makes you angry. When you get angry, ask the Lord how you can channel the anger in a positive way to bring some biblical change. Actions taken to confront an evil situation should result in righteousness extolled, people saved, and horrible actions to end. Sometimes we have vengeful or volatile anger when someone wrongs us. The apostle Paul would later write, “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,” (Ephesians 4:26). Do you handle your anger in a biblical way? If you allow your anger to get the best of you, it will hurt those around you and destroy your relationships. Holding this kind of anger bottles us up and leads to becoming bitter and resentful. Satan loves to see men angry and uses their anger to gain a toehold in their life.
Pray: O Lord, help me to stand up for righteousness when others are mistreated. Show me how to be Your servant when injustice is at hand.
This devotional challenge comes from The Heart of a Lion - King David of Israel and is available on Amazon.com
Practice: Empathic anger is when some injustice or sinful behavior makes you angry. When you get angry, ask the Lord how you can channel the anger in a positive way to bring some biblical change. Actions taken to confront an evil situation should result in righteousness extolled, people saved, and horrible actions to end. Sometimes we have vengeful or volatile anger when someone wrongs us. The apostle Paul would later write, “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,” (Ephesians 4:26). Do you handle your anger in a biblical way? If you allow your anger to get the best of you, it will hurt those around you and destroy your relationships. Holding this kind of anger bottles us up and leads to becoming bitter and resentful. Satan loves to see men angry and uses their anger to gain a toehold in their life.
Pray: O Lord, help me to stand up for righteousness when others are mistreated. Show me how to be Your servant when injustice is at hand.
This devotional challenge comes from The Heart of a Lion - King David of Israel and is available on Amazon.com
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