A few months ago, I thought i had overcome anger to a great extent till I had to deal with children. I’ve scolded children before but there was always a restraint to it, my heart was in a place of love and teaching but this time I screamed and it was a release of emotion and not a nice one. I’ve been angry in the past but I’d never felt such conviction of my misstep; and honestly it was quite a battle. I could tell that my flesh really had the upper hand the next few days. So I decided to write about it which often turns into a conversation with the Holy Spirit. He led me to a scripture.
”Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,“
Galatians 5:19-20 NKJV
After reading it, I realized the fruit of the flesh isn’t anger herself but outbursts of anger. It made so much sense to me. The Bible has warned a good amount of times against anger or angry people but we can’t tell an angry person except by their actions/reactions.
One of the fruits of the Spirit is self-control; a fruit that can be enjoyed in many areas of life including this. What are you a slave to? Don’t you want to let go of it? Bask in the Spirit and watch His light send them running.
Anger brings division, isolation and death, much like her other “fruit-mates”. What fleshly produce has a hold on you? It’s killing you, isn’t it? Denying it doesn’t make it any better. It eats away at your emotions, sanity, peace and health. I know it feels good but from a bird’s eye view, is it really? The enemy is a sneaky one, he’d never present death with its bitterness and darkness. No. He snakes it look delicious and satisfying. He’s a deceiver- shun him.
The Penthouse 