It’s Not Me, It’s You
Today’s Passage: Proverbs 22:24-25
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Words of Devotion from the Scripture
Most of us are well aware that “bad company corrupts good morals” (I Corinthians 15:33) and we become who we are consistently with.
When we come across verses such as these in Scripture, people’s faces flash through our mind’s eye. A name pops into our head, or we recall and replay a situation where we were wronged. However, the person’s face that rarely comes to mind is our own!
Are you that man or woman “given to anger”? When you’ve had a bad day at the office, is it your spouse or kids who share in the day’s suffering because you lash out at them?
Don’t be fooled, being “given to anger” is undoubtedly a snare, but so too is constantly seeing others as the ones who need the fixing or the change. Don’t be a hypocrite, and judge yourself by the same standard with which you judge others.
Be sure to examine your life as much as you do others.
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