When
I was recently converted, I met a few folk who told me they were angry at God.
Although I didn't really know how to respond to them, I couldn't help thinking
that it was a rather stupid strategy to adopt. Why get angry at God? What has
He done wrong?
Today
I just want to take the phrase “I am angry at God” and show why it’s such
folly…
1.- I
AM
The
first part of the phrase is “I am”. But if it were not for God’s act of
creation, there would be no “I am” to begin with. Descartes said I think therefore
I am. However, the Bible shows that God is therefore I am. How could any of
God’s creatures ever get mad at Him and retain his (or her) sanity? Is that not
the folly of follies? How can we get angry at someone upon whom our very
existence depends?
2.- ANGRY
The
second part of the phrase is “angry”. “I am angry”. And yet again we must
realize that our emotions stem from God. They were made for His glory to be
exhibited through us. So how is it that we use these God-given emotions against
the One who made us? Does that make any sense? We can only get angry because
God allows us to. So why- oh why- would we ever think of raging against Him?
Maybe we foolishly think He owes us something or that He has done us wrong. But
let’s not forget that God Himself is the absolute standard of justice,
correctness and rightness. Our human justice fades into the distance when God’s
righteousness comes into view.
3.- AT
GOD
The
third part of the phrase is “at God.” “I am angry at God”. Of all the people
and things we could get angry at on this earth, why would we ever get angry at
the Lord who is working out all things for the good of His people? The very
fact that we hate injustice is the fruit of the moral conscience that God has
granted to each one of us. God is not our enemy. We are supposed to be fighting
for His cause on this earth; not for the advancement of our own human kingdoms.
But too often we get too big for our boots and start to think that the world doesn't revolve around Jesus, but around little old us. That’s a mighty big
mistake!
CONCLUSION
I
hope this quick reflection should show the manifest stupidity of ever getting
angry at God. And if we ever find ourselves boiling up at God, the best thing
to do would be to get angry with ourselves for being so selfish, self-centred
and sinful. God owes us nothing. We owe Him everything. If anyone gets angry,
it should be Him getting angry at us. That would make a whole lot more sense…
By Will
Graham
