people say “it’s ok to be angry at God!”
i have always had a difficultly with this notion.
people are angry at God because nearly always they are blaming him for something.
normally can be due to:
- his timing,
- his method approach
- what he is saying and why he is or isnt saying it.
- that he is not saying anything at all
- that he is not involved enough
- overall that his way is wrong!
its also “ok to be angry at God” because he can take it he is perfect and loves me so he will see that am not ok because i am angry at him. we are in a relationship that is personal to us so we will have ups and downs and you will have your ups and downs
The reasons for my problem with this is:
1 - so your blaming the blameless God? i say blameless and hope no one would dis agree that he is; blameless.
his method is different to what you thought it was. his timing on things is different to what you thought it was his ways are not what you thought they were? personally that is a perfect example of someone who has a higher more knowledgeable, smarter way to move forward sense of things, it shows his methods show his perfection. and if he is perfect then he is therefore blameless.
2 - scriptural argument says God is personal and approachable but with reverence and humility rather than the bible ever saying its ok for humans to be angry at him.
considering God’s character about him being ok with my anger. well looking in the bible OT a man is killed for trying to push up the ark of the covenant back from cart that it nearly fell off because God was not being honored for who he was in that situation. (and for those of you saying the OT is not representative of the new covenant relationship between men and God in the new testament, that is not a sensible argument because i am talking about the character of the unchanging God). i think the OT offers a lot about who God is. and he is to be approached humbly and the NT says only that he can be approached and is shown perfectly in the Lords prayer where it says Our father (a sign of showing close relationship) holy is your name (the next line showing reverence) so showing in the first 2 lines an a approachable father who needs respectful behaviour.
also what i must say i find a lot of people who say this also don’t see the the fact they say its ok to be angry at God but not at other brothers as they recall scripture that talks about respecting and not angering your parents or do not go to bed with while angry at your brother but make an amends with them before the sunsets. yet its ok to be angry with God for weeks as you battle something out. you can battle things out with humility and reverence
3 - this battling out shows a low view of or understanding of the nature and knowledge of who God is.
are people just lapping up the he loves me, he is saviour, healer, baptiser, but forgetting he is also “king.”
if they know who God is they wont need to blame him. when you know someone you know what they would and wouldn’t do. you say: “no my husband wouldn’t murder someone because i know what he is like” at least u would hope.
do we have such a small understanding and knowledge of who God is or does he have tendency to need us to angrily change his mind about decisions he has made?
personally i would rather the fault be with us than the God i have given my life too?
4 - emotional Blindness
i understand this could be an emotional issue for some because they believe God has taken away their brother, mother, father or friend and its upsetting for them and want them back so they disagree with the way God took them or the that it wasn’t their time to go.
these are all valid feelings to feel but there are two views the natural emotional thought process your going through. or the theoretical one which looking at that.
God has taken my child brother due to illness and i feel my brother had so much more to live and God has taken him too soon. but long before and after your brother died children have been dying from much worse things in their thousands. so theoretically looking at it God has millions of lives to answer for or God was not wrong.
Conclusion
sorry for any damage that has been done and would appreciate replies if you wish to challenge because i would like to have my knowledge on this subject enlightened.
and i say all this knowing i do not show God the reverence equal to his glory but i wish to know him better everyday and for my view of him to become bigger in everything i see him do.
