Why Are Men So Angry?

There is a disturbing truth out there in the world, that is that men are angry. There are thousands of surface reasons. Some jerk cuts us off in traffic, some jerk at work took the last of the coffee, our wives are not happy with us, we are constantly pressed to meet deadlines, we work harder and harder but we never seem to get ahead, etc... All of these reasons seem to me to be surface reasons rather than the deep issue.

Pride. Pride is at the heart of the issue. there is a story about the creation of the world in the bible in which God creates everything and man. A series of events and the man sins against God. He puts himself on the throne of worship rather than God so God curses the man and woman. The man will forever have to work for his life. It will never be easy. The world will forever fight him. There will be pressure, there will be expectations, there will be pain all for very little reward. This sounds like the world we are currently in.

Enter the character of God. He is good, loving, JUST, merciful, powerful, etc... This creates a certain conflict in the minds of most men. We feel in some way wronged that we are held accountable for the sin of our fore father. Truth be told we are just as guilty and choose to sin just as Adam did. But our pride doesn't let us believe that we are guilty. So we find ourselves in conflict and as a result angry. We feel wronged that life is hard. That we never catch a break. Or that we can't get ahead. Furthermore God might slight us in this regard but we need not accept it from others of our own race. So some one cutting us off on the road is unacceptable and somebody in our office being a jerk is enough to push us over the edge. We are seriously close to the abyss of rage.

There is very little besides submission and obedience to the will of God that is capable of quelling our anger. In other words dying to self is the only way that we can square with the truth of our situation. Dying to self is impossible without the grace of God which again is a seeming consequence. You might ask yourself why would i submit to a God who does these things to me? And this is where faith comes in. Do you believe he is God? If you do then he is allowed to do whatever brings glory to himself. This is what is consistent with His Character.

This is something that must be wrestled through. It will define what a man thinks of himself and the world around
him. So men think about it and wrestle through it. God is waiting for you to come to Him with these thoughts, with the anger, with the hurt, with everything you are. when you come to Him you will find yourself being transformed. Into the man you will want to be. I look forward to seeing what you become.