La colère (partie 6) - La source de la joie
I. Si vous réalisez profondément qui vous êtes en Christ, plusieurs raisons de se mettre en colère vont fondre.
Another need that people have is the need for dignity. As you look back on your own life, how many times did you experience defensive anger because someone said or did something that attacked your dignity as a person? One of my patients shared with me what had been going on in her home for nearly fifteen years. Her husband was in the process of divorcing her. Over the fifteen years that they had been together, he had verbally and mentally abused her. If she voiced her opinion and it was contrary to his, she would be met by weeks of silence or outbursts of verbal abuse. Any effort she would make to exercise her authority over the children would be undermined. In every way possible he tried to make his wife look bad. She went on to say that not only was there verbal and mental abuse, but at some times there was physical abuse behind those placid suburban walls. She went on to tell me that her husband had spread false rumors about her having an affair in order to justify his separation and divorce from her. This abused and neglected woman was angry and was struggling to overcome her bitterness. This woman came to my office with headaches, but the real reason for her visit was the above. You see, this woman must realize that her hope does not lie in her husband. Her hope does not rely on her husband getting everything right between her and God.
She has no right or ability to control her husband, but these things are not determining who she is nor are they necessary for her to be alive and free in Jesus Christ. No one can keep her from being the wife and mother God created her to be. This is because her primary identity is not found in her relationship with her husband or with any other human being. Only through a relationship with God can this bewildered woman find restoration. Regardless of how her husband treated her and regardless of how her husband thought of her, she is deeply loved by God, and so are we.
II. Si votre relation avec Dieu devient la source suprême de joie dans la vie, vous aurez bien moins de raisons de vous mettre en colère.
Si votre relation avec Dieu devient la source suprême de joie dans la vie, vous aurez bien moins de raisons de vous mettre en colère.
III. Votre vie compte, parce que vous pouvez devenir la personne que Dieu vous a créé(e) pour être.
Many of us today are operating with a low-grade temperature of frustration because we feel that what we do in life is meaningless. If this is truly what we believe and what we meditate upon, this will lead to frustration; and ultimately, it will lead to anger. You see, this is an unnecessary burden to bear because in our Savior Jesus Christ, our lives have tremendous significance.