Fight till the end

God’s Word reminds us that we shouldn't return evil for evil or anger for anger. Instead, when somebody hurts us, we choose to trust God with our pain or injustice and overcome anger with good. – Joyce Meyer

Well, I must confess that is one hard task to do; but, the good news is I'm trying. As Christians, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12).  But the reality is, anger can be a real problem. We have to fight this feeling to the end.

I thank God for the openness of my Pastor here in Canada. I was going through one of through rough periods at home and Pastor Jamaal Fyffe hinted once in our conversation that anger tends to start as a harmless feeling then it quickly transforms into something dangerous that’s hard to control. He was very right, I allowed my feelings and what I thought I knew to blossom into a vicious Melicia; one who snapped for the simplest of things. His insight led me to three (3) tips that I want to share with you that I have been using to fight the anger immediately, before I hurt someone else.

1. Exercise self-control and walk in peace. This is a demanding task but it is easy when you put on the whole armour of Christ as seen in Ephesians 6.
2. Get to the root cause of the harmful behaviour. That is, be truthful to yourself and identify the root of what triggers the anger. This will help you to understand how to respond in love.
3.  Respond to “injustice”, “unkind treatment” and “plain ignorance” by doing the right thing. This I understood was to treat the one who angers us with love and compassion.

Isn't it simple? Right! These are easily typewritten than done. But, I will assure you that once you are making the effort…it will become easier. I charge you to put your focus on God as your Vindicator, it becomes easier and easier to conquer angry feelings and walk in peace. And you will be a blessing as you overcome evil with good!

Be blessed…

Every time I think it’s straight and all is smooth sailing…yup, there’s that one little hiccup.

It is funny how we get so caught up with holding grouses and talking against others. I had a serious issue with someone and for the love of life, I needed that person to come and ask me to do something for them. Why? So, that I could quickly climb up on my high horse and show them how wrong they were to make me feel the way I am feeling. Wait, I even wanted to sneak in how God doesn't like people who are inconsistent; you know drop a little Matthew 6:24 and tweak it to the situation. (Hold up!) Guess who had to humble herself and take a step back…and had to take a chill pill? (Yup…Me!!! -_-)

I have been getting the light bulb effect at my desk but gosh….this time, it was more like a hit in the face revelation. I had to let go of what I had been holding up against the person. You see you can’t serve two masters and think you can proclaim God’s goodness with a filthy heart. (No way!) So guess who realise that in order for God to be seen through her and the fact that He is quick to forgive her, she had to quickly forgive the person? (Yes, you got that right…me!) The story behind this blog is to shut up, stop holding things up and just let it go…you can’t be a Christian and act like others. It’s ok to be unique and look stupid to the world. Remember, it’s not about people walking over you, it’s about Godly wisdom and keeping your eyes on the prize.