James 1:19-20

James 1:19-20

New International Version (NIV)

Listening and Doing

¹⁹ My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, ²⁰ because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

A hard thing to do is to shut up! Of course not everyone is a chatter box, yet in this day and age where the internet, talk shows, radio and old fashion chit chat amongst friends, we all have heard everyone’s business and feel like we know everything there is to know that’s relevant. Along with having everyone’s information comes misinterpretation of information which leads into heated debates and arguments over insignificant things.

It’s easier to achieve a level of anger and frustration yet it is so much harder to make ourselves happy and content….Why is that? It’s easier for us to get off track and get out of God’s will when we get angry which is why Satan tries to plant “bombs” in churches and friendships in order to break up good ties and harden hearts.

When we get angry you must have noticed that we tend to not hear what is going on outside of our own thoughts, which causes us to miss valuable things like…hearing God’s voice.

Human anger does not produce righteousness…..

To be continued…..