January 23, 2022

There’s not any emotion that God can’t handle, and God can help us get over our anger. As humans, we have many emotions. Anger and bitterness are often hard for us to handle.  Examples are found throughout the Bible; Cain towards Abel (Genesis 4:4-5), Joseph’s brothers toward him (Genesis 37:3-4), Saul towards David (I Samuel 18:5), David towards God (II Samuel 6:1-8), Jonah towards God (Jonah 4:1-11), just to name a few. Often the root of our anger and bitterness come from rejection. How can we turn this around? Jesus gives us a great example in Luke 7:36-50. I call it “The 7:47 Principle”. Read that passage to get the gist of what I mean. Jesus tells us to focus on acceptance. Gentiles have been adopted by God through Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:3-14). We have been chosen and through the blood of Jesus, sent to pay our sin debt, we have been forgiven. Hebrews 13 tells us that God accepts us and that, once we are in His family, He will never leave us. Anger, bitterness, and rejection will cause you problems in life. But God is bigger than your pain, your bitterness, your anger, and your rejection. Let’s focus on acceptance.