So how do glorify God when you are angry? Can you be angry and still worship God? To start off with passion and anger are two different things. Sometimes passion comes out as looking like angry, but it isn't. Do not be eager in your spirit to be angry, For anger resides in the heart of fools. Ecclesiastes 7: 9. An angry person stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered person abounds in wrongdoing. Proverbs 29:22. As the bible say I guess we cannot be angry and glorify God because if we are angry we stir up strife and do wrong things. But we still get angry even with God at times.
So, what are we to do when we get angry? “Be angry [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], yet do not sin; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down. And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin by holding a grudge, or nurturing anger, or harboring resentment, or cultivating bitterness]. The thief [who has become a believer] must no longer steal, but instead he must work hard [making an honest living], producing that which is good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with those in need. Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak].” Ephesians 4:26-29. These bible verses say it all, it tells us what we can be angry at, do not sin because of your anger, and do not let the devil lead you into that sin because of your anger. Instead, we are to work hard and produce good fruit and share that fruit with others.
Yes, we can still be angry but not all the time and not towards one another or at God. There are things to be angry at as the verse above says. Being upset and angry is two different things as well. We can be upset at God for something not going well or this and that but that is not anger.
We need to have emotion where are not called to have a lifeless emotionless Christian life. but not all emotions are good emotions, or the emotion used in the right is good but there is a way that it can be bad.
So, to answer the Question Can you Glorify God when you are angry, as it is being angry no you cannot but if that anger is focused on sin, immortality, injustice, and ungodly behavior then it is ok. but to just be angry is not ok when Glorifying God.
Now that we have answered that question how do we glorify God when we have angry. In my spirit, I believe the best way to overcome this emotion when not used the right way, is not to count to ten or to breathe slowly, those things may work but it is to pray and worship God and ask him to get rid of that anger you have and turn from that anger and worship Him.
Bible verses are taken from the NASB and the AMP
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