This Proverb says, “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick tempered exalts folly.”
I have discovered in my life that I am ineffective when I speak or act in anger. Speaking or acting in anger does not produce good results. Quite the contrary, it produces bad results, sometimes very bad results. This is especially true in a marriage.
When a person speaks or acts in anger, they do so without thinking through the potential damage their words or actions may cause. Such words or actions can produce damage that lasts for a long time, even a lifetime.
Therefore we must control our anger and not respond without thinking about the results our anger may produce. Such self-control is not gained instantly. It must be cultivated over one’s lifetime.
So then, how can a person acquire the motivation to have self-control? The best way to gain this motivation is to believe in God and live our lives according to the Word of God. When we do this, God will bless us with His Holy Spirit and give us the fruits of the Holy Spirit. One of those fruits is ‘self-control.’
God wants us to be patient with other people, just as He is patient with us. The Bible says that God grants us a lifetime to change and walk rightly before Him. He is not quick tempered with us regarding our disobedience. Rather, God is slow to anger because of His great understanding. So, too, should we be with others. We will please God when we learn to control our anger.
