People can be a real pain sometimes. Have you ever grown so irritated and frustrated by others that you lost control of your own temper? Perhaps you justified your outburst because, after all, it was other people who pushed you to lose control. But as difficult as people can be, we are always accountable for our words and actions.
Psalm 106:32-33 recounts when Moses lost his right to enter the promised land. It says, “They angered him at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account, for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.” Moses’ frustration and anger is entirely understandable. But his frustration broke out in rash words and actions, and God punished Him. Don’t let others be your undoing. Even when others are at their worst, don’t let their wrongdoing create bitterness in you, and don’t respond rashly, lest you too end up guilty of sin.