God has moments of anger, like as do we. However, some have
misconceptions about His response. There's an unspoken law of
consequences between the forces of good and evil, a result of
being born into a sinful world.
In observing my daughter, as a very young child, whenever she
was disobedient. If I didn't discipline, she'd suddenly become
injured or some other mishap. It was as if God was punishing
her, or so I thought.
Once God gave me an example of how it really is.
Imagine yourself standing between the sidewalk and curb. Your
hands are wrapped behind your back, tied to a tree. A car is
coming and your child runs into the street. You've no physical
means of reaching that child.
Hearing the speeding car, first thoughts come faster than you
can verbalize, "No! The car will hurt you!"
You scream a plea, with anything you think might cause that
child to change their direction, before it’s too late. That is
how it is with God. Were it any other way, He'd have to take
away our freedom of choice.
There are consequences for running out into the street! And,
the parent is way beyond distraught even before the accident
occurs, because they have a glimpse into the future.
Imagine how God must, sometimes, feel watching His children run
the wrong direction. When the consequences come and we didn't
heed God's warning, God didn’t do it to us.
Think about it. If our parents wouldn’t smack us with a moving
vehicle because we didn’t obey, if you wouldn’t run over your
child as punishment for not listening … we were made in the
image of God and He loves us so much more. The truth is, when
consequences come, there is no one else to blame. We would have
done it to ourselves.
© by Joyce C. Lock
http://my.homewithgod.com/blessingsandlessons/ This writing may
be used in its entirety, with credits in tact, for non-profit
ministering purposes.
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