"Then the LORD said, 'Is it right for you to be angry?' ..... Then God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' And he said, 'It is right for me to be angry, even to death.' "
Jonah 4:4, 9
A paraphrase might be: "What right do you have to be angry?" Did Jonah have a right to be angry just because things didn't go the way he wanted? Jonah did not immediately answer the question. He just sat and sulked (vs. 5). Later, when the LORD asks him the same question, Jonah answered, "Yes, I have a right" (Verse 9). How much like Jonah am I. Even as God is dealing with my anger, I come up with all kinds of excuses why my anger is justified. How slow I am to acknowledge that God is God, and His ways are best. So God patiently keeps dealing with me, asking me the same question over and over again. The antidote to anger is to sing with the psalmist, "Our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases" (Psalm 115:3; 135:6). Committing my plans and desires to God will help me avoid disappointment and anger when things don't go my way.
Today's Thought: Trusting God's wise providence is better than getting mad.
Have an anger-free day. Love you.
Jonah 4:4, 9
A paraphrase might be: "What right do you have to be angry?" Did Jonah have a right to be angry just because things didn't go the way he wanted? Jonah did not immediately answer the question. He just sat and sulked (vs. 5). Later, when the LORD asks him the same question, Jonah answered, "Yes, I have a right" (Verse 9). How much like Jonah am I. Even as God is dealing with my anger, I come up with all kinds of excuses why my anger is justified. How slow I am to acknowledge that God is God, and His ways are best. So God patiently keeps dealing with me, asking me the same question over and over again. The antidote to anger is to sing with the psalmist, "Our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases" (Psalm 115:3; 135:6). Committing my plans and desires to God will help me avoid disappointment and anger when things don't go my way.
Today's Thought: Trusting God's wise providence is better than getting mad.
Have an anger-free day. Love you.
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