Graceful Truth

This God has not changed. He has not lost any strength through the ages. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He can make YOU strong enough for any experience and enemy you face. He can give you sufficient grace for literally anything. There is no demand made upon you that is not made upon the Christ who is within you (if you know Him).

All of us get hurt in life. It is not a matter of being hurt, but how you respond to hurt that determines whether or not you will become an angry person. Don’t let hurt harbor in your heart unchecked. You may think you are justified in your responses, but YOU are the one placed in a prison of unforgiveness. You will be the one who suffers the penalty. Instead of your life carrying the sweet fragrance of God’s forgiveness and grace, you will project the acidic odor of bitterness to every life you touch. It is an unmistakable smell.

Uncontrolled anger is never helpful. It will do nothing but further complicate the problem. Realize that every time we respond in anger, we are not promoting God's righteousness, but aborting it, for the “anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.”

Every day we make manifold decisions based on what we believe to be true. We must decide what voice we think offers the greatest reality: God’s Word or man’s?