Minding
Your Business
What
causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that
battle within you? You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but
you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because
you do not ask God. (James 4:1-3 NIV)
Every form of anger other than righteous or holy
anger generated by the Spirit of God is due to a lack of contentment with what
God has given you or allowed come to you.
When you want more than He wants you to have or feel that you deserve
something better than what you have gotten, whether it be better treatment,
more respect or greater influence, you get angry or depressed and the peace of
God leaves you. Angry, bitter thoughts
sprout within a mind that has not made Christ its center or Lord. Cursing, complaining and angry words are
always a sign of idolatry; of wanting something more than what comes out of the
hand of Christ.
When Christ is not the source of your joy and peace,
your mind will become less able to guide you rightly, making you susceptible to
depression, anger, apathy and confusion.
Nothing weakens your mind’s ability to make sense of things more than
your devotion to Christ weakening. You
are less patient, more prone to take offence, less able to forgive, more
judgmental, more frustrated and your ability to make sense of your life
diminished. The mind out of sorts with
the Holy Spirit lacks the most important component needed to be happy and at
peace; the guidance and empowerment of God.
The mind becomes a battleground where despicable and hurtful thoughts
fight with what is right and good and all too often win.
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