When Anger Takes Up Residence

Scripture- James 1:20 (ESV) “…for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”

Devotional- There’s a difference between feeling anger and allowing anger to reside in you. Jesus isn’t addressing a passing flash of emotion but anger that settles in, anger we narrate and justify until it becomes part of our identity. Where anger resides, anger rules.

We often defend it by telling our story and pointing to our wounds, and sometimes those wounds are real. Yet once anger becomes the posture from which we live, it shapes our speech, tone, and judgment. The Kingdom doesn’t deny emotion, but it refuses to enthrone it.

Reflection- Have you allowed anger to become part of how you define yourself or someone else?

(Daily Devotionals are based on the most recent Sunday Message presented at The Refuge)