But Jonah was greatly displeased and
became angry. (Jonah 4:1)
Did you get angry at God recently?
Well, it's not an uncommon phenomenon.
Here we have the little prophet
getting angry after preaching a sermon which led 1,20,000 to repentance.
Jonah's problem was different, but
many of us get angry at God when we abide by the rules of the book and still
land up in situations where we don't see an instant deliverance. Of course we
wouldn't confess it publicly but the little secret is true.
The prophet here had occasion to
celebrate, but on the contrary, he's sulking.
He tells God, " "O Lord, is
this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to
flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to
anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Now, O
Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live."
(Jonah 4:2, 3)
But the LORD replied, "Have you
any right to be angry?" (Jonah 4:4)
In our desperations we often ask God
angrily,
"So what are you after?"
"Am I not living by your Word,
what else do you want?"
These are the milder things. The
vocabulary often gets worse.
But God understands our desperations.
He knows our weaknesses. He has compassion on us. He still loves us because He
is our Father and we are His children. He waits for us to calm down. He waits
for us to change and He waits for a whole lot of things in our life.
He saves, heals, delivers and
comforts, but in His own time. He is Almighty God. He loves you even though you
are imperfect.
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