Chronic anger and resentment give birth to cynicism, which reflects a negative appraisal of situations, people, and life in general. Cynicism produces the pessimistic view that people are not good and their objective is to inflict suffering on others. Cynicism erects walls that foster separation and alienation.
The longer cynicism is nurtured, the more intense it becomes and then evolves into lack of trust for those to whom it is directed. People whose relationships fail may develop a pessimistic attitude toward all relationships and prefer to be alone.
However, the core attribute of a believer’s faith is trust that God is at work to bring about his perfect will for you.
So be quick to listen but slow to speak because anger does not achieve God’s righteous purpose for you. As you accept this truth, your trust in Christ Jesus produces certainty that with the Lord God, all things are possible.
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Understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters. Let
everyone be quick to hear [be a careful, thoughtful listener], slow to speak [a
speaker of carefully chosen words and] slow to anger [patient, reflective,
forgiving]; for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the
righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].
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