Many of us who are overcoming a lifestyle of addiction experience irritability and anger in certain situations.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. (Ephesians 4:31 NLT)
On any given day we may not be feeling good about who we are and when we do it’s easy to blame others around us as those who are contributing to our discontent. A circumstance may arise which we are unhappy about and we become irritable and angry. When these feelings are aroused, we feel justified to lash out at those who have offended us. The person or persons on the receiving end of our behaviour may not even understand what has happened. They may have innocently said or done something that triggered a fuse within us which caused us to immediately fly into a rage. In some instances, we may also become violent. What on earth is going on within us when a situation can arouse this type of behaviour?Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God! (Psalm 42:11 NLT)
Irritability and anger are likely reflective of something going on deep inside us. Our angry response to a situation may even pass our thinking process. We need to bring these traits before God and seek His wisdom about what is the root cause of our behaviour. We need to be willing to expose the underlying reason for our wounded heart. We may be discouraged over things that have happened in our lives and have never grieved their impact on us or asked God for His healing and help. We may doubt that anyone, including God, could help us. Well, as we say in recovery meetings, “God could and would if He was sought.” With God nothing is impossible. Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—now let me rejoice. (Psalm 51:7-8 NLT)
Today, let’s ask God to reveal the underlying root of our irritability and anger problems and enable our broken hearts to be made whole so that we may find peace and joy in all we do.
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