Count to 10? “Count to ten before you get angry!” It seems that not all the drugs and cures in the world are more effective in the long run than simply controlling your temper. Unfortunately, people who get angry have the tendency to rationalize the behavior as “uncontrollable.” They shrug their shoulders and admit their weakness, as if it was some sort of incurable disease that only death would some day conquer.
Think about it. Another face of anger is “self.” When we submit to the temptation that our anger is not controllable, we submit to the sin of self-interest.
God’s Word tells us: Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil” (Psalm 37: 8-9).
Temper is a temptation to sin. Recognizing and believing that with God’s help we can control it is our best step in the process of healing it Count to ten? Perhaps this is the best prescription for ridding your life of an ill temper after all. By the time you get to three or four, it is likely that you will feel His hand on your shoulder already.
“I pray today in Jesus name that we take all of our concerns, worries, sorrows and wrongs to God, before we allow them to fester and become an irritant for a bad temper. Counting helps; believing solves.” Amen!”
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34) www.thispassingday.com
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