Slow to anger

Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression.

Please forgive me for stating the obvious, but you are going to be wronged in this life by other people. It is not a matter of if, but when, how, and by whom? The real test of spirituality is not "What are you going to do about it? You are not going to actually going to let them get away with it are you?" The real test of spirituality is this one "Are you a big enough person to let it go?"

There is a time for anger. I am not telling you to be a door mat all your life. The bible says be angry and do not sin. Jesus got mad and turned over tables. Nobody got in His way either. There is a time for righteous indignation.

I was watching a football game a couple of Sunday afternoons ago. A defensive lineman pushed an offensive lineman after the play was over. The refs did not see it. The offensive lineman retaliated. The ref saw that one and threw a flag. The offensive lineman caused his team to get a 15 yard penalty.

We all have a tendency to want to "push back" when wronged. But we need to ask ourselves, "is this worth me getting angry?" If the answer is yes then we need to make sure we express it in the right place, and in the right way.

Let's be reminded that our scripture for the day says it is is to our glory to overlook it when we have been wronged. We should be much quicker to be angry when injustice happens to others, very slow to anger when it happens to us, and quick to overlook it when it happens to us.

Lord help us to show the same grace to others you have shown to us.