Road Rage…Violent Anger
Road rage is filled with hate.
Road rage is instantaneous and cares not about what is legal.
Road rage reacts to wrongs done against me!
Road rage is all about revenge.
The people, the good people of Nazareth, experienced that kind of violent anger.
Jesus was their target…on a Sabbath in the synagogue…they drove Jesus out of the city. These people were filled with rage as they led Jesus to the precipice on which their city was built. They took Him there to throw Him over that cliff to the valley far below. (See Luke 4:28-29)
But this was not the time Jesus was to die.
But this was not how Jesus was to die.
God’s plan was different from what men, filled with rage, tried to do.
(NASB) Luke 4:30 “But passing through their midst, He went His way.”
(Amplified) Proverbs 14:29 “He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly.”
(NASB) James 1:19-20 “…But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;
20 for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.”
(NIV) Proverbs 29:11 “A fool gives full vent to his anger,
but a wise man keeps himself under control.”
(Amplified) Ephesians 4:26-27 “When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down.
27Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him].”
How do you react when you are offended or your ‘rights’ have been trampled?
How does God want you to react?