1. combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coacl, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
2. something that gives nourishment; food.
3. an energy sources for engines, power plants, or reactors; Kerosene is used a jet engine fuel.
4. something that sustains or encourages stimulant: Our discussion provided him with fuel for debate.
I don’t know about you but I’m fueled by my anger, among other things. ANGER is almost profanity in many circles but if used properly it can be a staunch ally that propels you to discover your mission in this world. There is a desperate feeling I used to experience at the end of a game during what basketball players called garbage time. That’s when coach looks down the end of the bench with 30 seconds left in the game and says your last name. Here’s a list of emotions produced by my endocrine system: anxiety, disappointment, vehement anger, embarrassment, excitement. In the split second it took to get up, report to the scorers table and sub myself into the game, I was stripped of pride and arrogance but given fuel.
The definition above describes fuel as a combustible element, nourishment, an energy source and a stimulant. I think anger is a good fuel. Here’s what some would call a stretch. In the biography known as the gospel of John, there is a fairly detailed description of the infamous Judas Iscariot, traitor par excellence and it may very well prove that Jesus was fueled by anger and not just love. What do I mean?
Judas is one of those guys that gets a lot of attention for one bad thing he did when actually he should get more attention for the fact that he was a thief during his entire stint as a Jesus follower. At one point he was “heated” because some lady, in reverence, poured some expensive imported perfume all over Jesus. The thief (Judas) is quoted as having said “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” Later on this same thief sold Jesus out for loot that could’ve been used to help the poor – the same poor he claimed to wanna help with the perfume profit. Jesus outed Judas before the betrayal at dinner and told him to hurry up and do his dirt. So Judas did.
To the point. You’ll have a hard time convincing me that someone takes a beat down and an execution without being FUELED by something. How come people play down the anger? You have to be furious to compete. Why is everyone so afraid of that? All your life there’s thieves recruiting players from your district to play for your rival, cheaters taking steroids to get the edge on you and parents holding kids back a year so that “Johnny” is more physically developed by senior year than his peers. If you get it under control, anger is proof that something has sparked you to action. You need to be combustible. It’s how cars run. It’s how we run. It’s how Jesus ran.
