Many times, we’re easily angered by things happening around us and to us. However, have we ever wondered what’s the root of all these problems?
God showed me light in this area and I found out that every time we’re pissed or frustrated over something, it’s part of the devil’s plan to bring us away from God and from the righteousness that we should have.
Why? It isn’t a person’s fault to anger you all of a sudden. They may not know how you’re feeling or what’s happening within you. We just flare up at someone oblivious about what’s going on in us for no reason. We got to pause and think. If we are easily affected by the situations in our lives, well, what I can say is you’re letting the devil controlling your life more instead of God. We got to calm down and think.
For my situation, I always get impatient when I cannot get the things I want to do done. For instance, my qt. I do it in my room but sometimes, my aunt will just barge in or keep knocking on the door wanting to come in. Well, in the past, I will just shout at them or give them cold stares, but now, I would open the door, calm myself down and let them do whatever they want before they leave.
I saw deeper within rather than the surface fact which is they barge in and intrude my time with God. I saw that they don’t know the importance of qt to me and if they don’t know, they will continue disrupting me. So I got to put myself into their shoes too, not just being self-centred.
God also kept reminding me of this: A righteous heart, blameless walk and clean hands.
A lot of times, we wonder why we don’t hear from God or even feel his presence and we blame it on him(because we think that we’ve tried hard on seeking him). Have we ever blamed ourselves? If your answer is no, you should. Often times, we aren’t aware that the problem lies within us. If we’re not righteous, blameless and pure, how can we enter into God’s presence? If our minds are always filled with evil thoughts, and lives filled with wrongdoings, it displeases God and we’re not fit to enter into his courts. Therefore, we got to seek him and be cleansed before we can step into his presence. As I’m reading Psalms now, God showed me a lot about this area.
Psalms 15:
1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill?
2 He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart
3 and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,
4 who despises a vile man
but honors those who fear the LORD,
who keeps his oath
even when it hurts,
5 who lends his money without usury
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
will never be shaken.
Psalms 18: 20-26:
20 The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD;
I have not done evil by turning from my God.
22 All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
23 I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.
24 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
From these 2 Psalms, we can clearly see what God wants to see in us before we enter into His kingdom.
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