I love revival, but during revival, things will happen. Feelings will get hurt. Misunderstandings will take place. Why, because the devil wants to use anything, and usually the dumbest things to get us off track. One of those is allowing things to make us upset with one another or with what is going on, many times over trivial things.

I hope that you read the five things from yesterday on how to deal with anger. Today, I want to concentrate on the most important one that we need to take to heart so that revival does not fade over something dumb. Do not let the sun go down on your anger, Ephesians 4:26.

This does not mean that you have to have a resolution to the problem, person, or situation before you go to bed, because you cannot control the other person. situation, etc. God is asking, can you release it from your mind. What you go to bed thinking of will affect you all night. Ever heard of the phrase, woke up on the wrong side of the bed. If anger is your last thought, it will eat away at you all night, and then things can develop in our powerful subconsciousness and change us in ways we do not want.

The devil then uses this. Something happens or someone does something and it irritates us. It usually is something little and then it grows. We go to bed instead of enjoying what God did in the day, being upset by something or someone. Now yes this will happen, we are human, we are not perfect. The question is, will you allow it to eat away at you all night?

When you release it, once again, you may not have come to a resolution. The other person may still be at odds with you, but that is OK. You cannot control the other person. You can only control yourself. Can you say, God I release this to you, and then allow good thoughts to come in. Jesus can speak to you. You can then allow Jesus to work on the problem while you sleep. If you don’t obey this command, Jesus is not working to help you. In Proverbs 22:24, God says to not make a friendship with an angry man. I think God takes His own advice.

But I am just so angry, and God understands that. Getting angry is not a sin. God gets angry. Read the book of Hosea. With Moses, twice God wanted to start over with a new group of people. So, God understands we will get angry. God is so smart. He allows you to vent, to get mad, to go through your process whatever it is. He says you have the entire day. But when the sun goes down, let it go! God gives you an entire day to have a temper tantrum if you so choose. And let us be honest, we often do.

God just says, then let it go so God can speak with you and so God can deal with what made you mad. It allows God to deal with the situation without you butting in. It also allows God to deal with the root issues. Sometimes, you may not like this, our anger is misplaced, and this gives God time for us to be open to hearing that, so we do not inadvertently stop what God is doing.

Now here is the thing, do you have to wait till you go to bed to let it go? No! I would suggest the sooner you can let the anger go, the better. If you go an entire day mad, it will be hard to turn that switch at night and just release it. God gives you grace to be you, but there is a time limit on how long you can stay angry. He truly does understand us. So let the anger go, and let God do something amazing while you sleep, so you won't wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

Anger never produces anything good. Peace of mind always benefits us. Let us let God give us that peace of mind daily and nightly and not let the devil have anyway in to stop what God is doing.

Remember Jesus loves you; I love you, and you are awesome!