I Don’t Want to Get Over It
A couple of days ago a young man—whom I would consider an outstanding Christian, by the way—shared about a book he was reading on prayer. He said it had made him more confident to pray about everyday things in his life. As an example, he told about driving home from work and thinking, “I ought to tell God about getting mad at (somebody). That would be good.”
Immediately the thought arose, “I don’t want to tell God about that. I want to stay mad at him. I don’t want to get over it.”
That may sound terrible on the surface, but it’s a wonderful revelation. If we don’t recognize our anger, we will never deal with it. If we aren’t aware of our unrighteous attitude toward it, we will certainly never gain victory over it. If we were honest with ourselves, we’d realize that we often don’t want to get over our anger.
Too often, it feels good to be angry. We feel like the other person deserves our anger, and by being mad we get back at them. However, instead of hurting them, we harm ourselves as anger turns to bitterness and our hearts turn hard and cold.
Only when we obey God’s command to put away anger, can we find freedom within. The first step is to be honest about our anger. The second is to be willing to turn it over to the Lord—even when we don’t want to.
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