Ephesians 4:26
26 Be ye angry, [orgizo] and [kai] sin [hamartano] not: [me] let [epiduo] not [me] the sun [helios] go down [epiduo] upon [epi] your [humon] wrath: [parorgismos] KJV-Interlinear
26 Be
angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, NASB
This is the devils
world. This is not a perfect
world. All of your thoughts and plans
and expectations of yourself and of others and of things, will fail more often
than not.
And disappointment and frustration
and tension and anger and rage and outrage and the desire to take revenge or to
get even or to simply hate life, will always place temptation for such
infuriated emotions, in front of you more often than not.
To succumb to anger is
easy, to rise above the ill feelings is more difficult.
And yet, here God is
challenging you to not let the sun go down on your life while you support and
feed and allow your anger to keep kindling hot.
The sun goes down
regularly, therefore your mandate is to examine yourself regularly, not only at
sunset, but throughout the day, to make sure that you are keeping yourself in
check and under the review of your own self.
There are two self-checks
described and mandated here.
The first is that you be
aware of and in control of your own emotions.
You need to recognize sin when it occurs within you. Getting hot and angry, for whatever reason,
is a sin. And since this world is chalk
full of sin opportunities, then God allows all of these situations to come into
your life, in order to train you to be more in self-control over your life.
Training and practice and
the repetition of it all, helps you to grow up. It toughens you mentally and
spiritually.
Remember that this world
is not your end objective. Eternity
is. Your galaxy of gold and promise is
not for now, but for eternity. Don’t
throw it away on the little things in this life. And remember the entire world is classified
as a little thing.
Whether you are a
billionaire with everything or a peasant with nothing, all of your things great
or small, add up to nothing in this life.
All of your wishes, all of your dreams, all of your hopes, all of your
expectations mean nothing in this world.
So do not place great value on the things of this life.
Place value on that which
actually is of great value – Bible doctrine, and not on your day to day whims
and expectations that for the most part are probably unreasonable expectations
from this world.
To expect something,
anything, from this world, to get upset over anything or anyone that does not
measure up in your mind, and of which cannot fulfill your expectations, is a
fools quest.
To pursue that, Bible
doctrine and the spiritual life, which can fulfill your ultimate dreams and desires,
is the act of the wise.
Which are you?
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