Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed and be still.

Psalm 4:4 (NKJV)

Anger is not a sin but staying angry could lead you to sin.

We all do feel angry and hurt now and then. We must, however, learn to recognize our anger and find constructive ways to keep it from becoming destructive. Many people do not recognise that anger comes from a deep sense of sadness and disappointment. We are angry because we feel vulnerable, wronged or rejected in some way. What we may not realise is that for some of us, reacting in anger is second nature. Our inability to gain control of it can ruin relationships and in extreme cases, lead to violence.

While counselling may help in resolving anger issues, we must also understand how God has made and wired our minds and our emotions, and how they work together.

David tells us one of the most spiritually healthy ways to deal with our anger is to learn to meditate and rest in God’s presence. Consider his idea that we meditate in bed. I am sure some of you are looking forward to it with anticipation. But seriously, it is a great way to begin and end each day with thoughts about God. Such a habit helps us to become aware of God’s promises and assured presence. As we rest and rise with the revelation of our identity and promised inheritance in Christ, we find the grace and power to overcome resentment and control all those angry thoughts and feelings.

Meditation and spiritual health are connected.

Instead of feeling fed-up and frustrated, keep filling yourself up with the truth of your identity and belonging to God and keep seeing yourself as God sees you. We are now joyful people, not angry people because we have been made new in Christ. Jesus says that it is the truth that we know that will set us free (John 8:32), thus the more we rest in what the gospel says about us, the more we manifest the truth in our daily lives.