Moses was angry, how did he become meek?

Moses was angry, how did he become meek?

Moses struggled in the early stages to lead thirty million people. When the people complained that there was no water to drink, he prayed to the Lord.
The Lord looked at the rock and said, strike the rock with your hand. But Moses angered the people of Israel and uttered the word “we will give you water” in anger. Then he angrily hit the rock twice without looking at it. In his anger he forgot what the Lord had said. He didn’t talk to Kanmalai. He got angry and hit him. Korah spoke like this because of the grunts he gathered. Because of this incident of Meribah, the Lord said that you (and Moses) will not see the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey because the people of Israel disobeyed His command and did not sanctify Him.

The Bible tells us that when the 120 people gathered at Korah were angry, Moses became angry and pleaded with the Lord.
“And Moses was very angry,” and he said to the Lord: “I have not taken from them a donkey as a crocodile, lest you should accept their offering.” He said that none of them did any evil. (Numbers 16:15)

In his anger, he told the Lord three times about the mistake he had made on the mountain and asked for forgiveness. Yet Moses could see the land of Canaan from the top of the mountain.
The Lord heard the sound of their words and became angry.

It was only after the incident at Meribah that Moses changed himself. Meanwhile he visited the Lord face to face. He fasted twice for forty days and received the commandments of the Lord. He had the privilege of seeing the Lord from behind. He was called the friend of God.

In the scriptures we see that the lifestyle of many prophets changed after the Lord’s presence and his encounter with heavenly visions. We can see that Moso has changed himself on several occasions.

He said, “However, GOD will forgive them if you forgive them. If not, you will erase my name from your book that you have written.”
Exodus 32:32

At one time he did not receive any money from the people of Israel. He proved his integrity by humbling himself. He acted till the end as if he did not know his meek nature.

Moses was the most meek of all men on earth.
Numbers 12:3

Moses is our example.
No one is made good by anger. There are people who are bad because of this sin.

Rather than capturing the fort it is good to control one’s anger.

Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quick to anger in your heart; Anger dwells in the heart of a fool.

This verse is written in English as do not be angry in the mind and do not be angry in the spirit. Mind, soul and spirit are all interchangeable in the same meaning.. So we should not get angry quickly in our mind.

Anger also affects our body.

Therefore, even if you are angry, do not commit sin, says the Bible. Even if you are angry, it also means that your anger will subside before the sun goes down.
(Ephesians 4:26)

Author: tamilmani146

I am in Christ , VRS from Railways, worked as Sr. Section Engineer - Telecom. Happy in Christ - Focusing Lord Waiting'for His grace and compassion (IIsaiah 40:31). Jesus hand touched my head to bless in middle of 2012. Holy spirit guides for my writings.

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