…I’m Angry

Dear God,

I’m angry! I’m so frustrated at this world and everything in it!

This world has a way of getting under my skin. Anger can be the disastrous result.

Anger can be a very attractive emotion. It can stroll right through my moral defenses with the alluring claim that it’s a justifiable emotion to have, no matter what the reason is for me feeling it.  After all — aren’t I in the right, and somebody else in the wrong?

And so it builds. And builds. Sooner or later, it can burst out in ways that only inflict hurt, foster bitterness, and plant seeds of resentment — and devastate me spiritually. 

God knows anger. But his anger is not the type of anger that I so often can feel. It is not an anger deriving from sinful weakness and selfish motivations.

It is a righteous anger emanating from a righteous God…

“The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One…he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath…” (Psalm 2:2, 5a)

…an anger that knows how to execute perfect justice at the perfect time…

“‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay'” (Deuteronomy 32:35, Romans 12:19).

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…an anger that, though right and just, is secondary to the grace of a God who is perfect in everything — including love.

“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love…he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities” (Psalm 103:8, 10). 

If this holy God chose to set aside his righteous anger to show mercy to a person like me — who deserves nothing less than eternal damnation for her sins —

…shouldn’t I also be slow to anger…

“Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires” (James 1:19-20).

…and quick to love?

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).

Anger, my anger, it chills me so;
it leads to him, the frightening foe.
Dear God, I pray, have mercy on me!
Forgive me and turn me to your holy way,
that I may walk in paths of peace.

Bible Reading: Psalm 37:1-11