But also for this
very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue
knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to
perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly
kindness love. - 2 Peter 1:5-7
How many times do we tell
our children that they are out of control of tell them to get it under control?
Of course it happens a lot because they are children and self control is a
trait that takes some maturity to develop. It can always be a battle to keep it
under control.
Me, I hate it when I lose
control. There is no quicker way to ruin a friendship or destroy a home or ruin
our testimony than to lose our heads and get out of control. I used to be
terrible about this. Somebody would set me off and I would rant and roar and
end up embarrassing myself.
I hate that. Over and over
again I had to go back and aplologise for my miserable behaviour. Folks
graciously forgave me and eventually I learned it was easier to just get
control and save myself the trouble of getting embarrassed and then saying ‘I’m
sorry.’ When I did that I was no better than a baby and I had just had to learn
how important that was.
Adding self-control is a key
virtue for the servant of God. I can undo years of testimony with seconds of
losing control.
There is a lot more we could
talk about with self-control, anger is only one aspect. But if we are going to
be an effective witness it is vital that we keep the head no matter what comes
our way. That come as we add virtue to our faith and as we add the
superknowledge of Christ to our virtue.
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