Apostolic Life ( Prayer Warriors)'s Post

When things don’t go according to plan, we can get angry. It is a natural response and everybody experiences it. It gets worse when we see others getting what they want, but not us. The thinking is that if God is the God of the universe and He can easily do what I asked Him to do, why doesn’t He just do it for me?

But sometimes, we can let our anger go too far. This is when our anger grows and we are not only angry with people and things, we also become angry with God.

Is it wrong to be angry with God? There was a man who did that. He was a prophet and he did not get what he wished for. So he became angry with God. That man was Jonah.

God asked Jonah to go to Nineveh, to warn them to repent of their sins. If they did not, they will be destroyed. Jonah hated the Ninevites, for they were his enemies and he refused to do what God asked him to do. Instead of going to Nineveh, Jonah boarded a ship headed the opposite direction.

But God is not to be denied. Jonah was thrown overboard and a big fish swallowed him. Three days later, the fish threw him up on a shore, alive. When Jonah finally went to Nineveh to do what God asked him to do, the Ninevites repented immediately and were saved from destruction.

This made Jonah very angry, for he wanted the Ninevites dead. In fact, Jonah was so upset with God, he wanted to die. But God said to him, ‘What right do you have to be angry?’

When bad things happen to us, we sometimes question God. It is not a sin to do so as we don’t understand everything that happens to us and so we seek answers and solace from God. But when the questioning turns into anger, anger with God, it becomes a sin. For what right do we have to be angry with God? Do we think we know more than God?

Even when everything is going wrong, know that God has plans for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. So do not fear, only believe.

Don’t be angry with God.
By: Baba Jason via Apostolic Life ( Prayer Warriors)