[Discoveries] 11-23-07 Our anger toward God -- Mark 14:64

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*They all condemned Him as worthy of death. -- Mark 14:64*/

I think all of us know that we don't have a right to judge God. Yet, 
made in God's image, we are constantly making moral evaluations about 
our experiences. We must do that in order to avoid sinning. So what 
happens when God does something that seems to violate our sense of what 
is right?

It helps me to remember that we judge God because our minds, our hearts, 
our lives are too small to take in His purposes, His goodness, His love. 
That's one reason why God gives us the gift of eternal life -- He knows 
that we cannot completely know Him without it.

It also helps me to remember that while the core of who I am as a child 
of God is in perfect agreement with the Father, parts of my mind are 
not. This is where honesty comes in. Rather than burying my anger so 
that resentment against God is allowed to smolder deep inside, I just 
tell Him what's happening inside. He knows anyway.

Our anger toward God is always based on a lie. So every time we feel 
like condemning God, God is giving us an opportunity to get to know the 
truth about Him. When we bring to God our anger toward God, when we 
offer it up recognizing that we are powerless to change our minds unless 
and until God shows us what we need to know.

And, as Job learned, we don't always need to know the answers. We just 
need to know that Somebody bigger than us has the answers.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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