Eph 4:26- Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: 27. Neither give place to the devil.
Having been a landlord at one time in my life, I know how much rights the tenants have over the owner of their building. I promised myself and my wife that we would not return to being landlords. She emphatically agreed! A few tenants agitated our spirits. When tenants do not pay their rent, the bills still have to be paid. Many nights I went to bed angrier than a pit bull on a diet of red peppers. The sun went down, but not the heat of my anger! To me it was so unfair that I couldn’t put out what was agitating me.
“Whoever angers you, controls you.” When I heard this quote in my landlord days, it made me look back in retrospect of how I handled my tenant matters. I recognized my wrong. I allowed my situations to control my state of being. So along with the tenants seemingly from hell, I had rented space to the devil in my mind also! He did a good job of bringing me evil thoughts of what I should do. Now—although I never followed through on my ill-feelings, the fact that I entertained them was sinning nonetheless. I asked the Lord for forgiveness and repented of my unpleasing thoughts to the Lord.
Whatever unoccupied space we give to the enemy, he will take it! And anger is usually the best way for him to become a squatter. So—get angry, but do not let it fester to long. Choose to control it, rather than it controlling you. Close the door of your house (your body, which is the temple of God), and put up a no vacancy sign.