REAL TALK from KB: OK so I’m tripping on the fact that a
great deal of people want to invoke the name of Jesus and call on The Holy
Spirit to heal the rift caused by the (not so) Grand Jury decisions… I
acknowledge the need for healing as only God can but I also want to address the
folks that are now screaming in moral outrage and piety!!!
First let me say that I DO NOT CARE IF YOU GET MAD ABOUT
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY…seriously, if you get upset you may want to examine why you’re
upset…. now my point:
Some of you are calling on somebody and something that you
know nothing about or treat like an elective. Let me say that you have every
right to call on the name; everyone has a right to and God will answer because
He is THE GREAT I AM and His will is perfect. But, I have to ask what does your
walk look like? How many homeless people have you stepped over? Who have you
cussed out? How do you treat people? What resentments are you harboring? How do
you justify your behavior?
Don’t get me wrong, every last one of us is imperfect and
seeking right standing…I constantly have to check myself in word, thought and
deeds because my experiences are from a negative space. I constantly have to
fight my thoughts to acknowledge my blessings and my joy….my natural heart is
not inclined to seek God. Faith is a practice….
So, what I am saying is that you can’t just go along doing
what you do and “sling” faith when it suits YOUR need. It’s an all day, every
day thing.
Ephesians 4:26-27
26 Be angry, and yet
do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not give the
devil an opportunity.
(1) Godly anger is
God-like anger, it is an expression of the anger which has toward the actions
of men. Godly people are angry when God is angry. It is anger which is
consistent with the holy and righteous character of God.
(2) Godly anger is
legal anger. It is wrath based upon men’s violation of God’s law, and it
is anger which is lawfully expressed. The Old Testament Law not only revealed
that conduct which was unacceptable to God, making Him angry, but what the
consequences of God’s anger would be. Godly anger is not vigilante justice, it
is legal justice. Those who hate abortion but express their anger in the
burning of abortion clinics (and thereby endangering other lives) are not
expressing their anger legally.
(3) Godly anger is not
explosive, but is only slowly provoked.
Then the Lord passed by
in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and
gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth (Exodus 34:6).
Repeatedly, God warned sinful Israel through the prophets before pouring out
His wrath on them. God’s anger does not have a hair trigger.
(4) God does not take
pleasure in expressing His anger in the judgment of men.
The Lord is not slow
about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
For the LORD will rise
up as at Mount Perazin, He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gebeon; To do
His task, His unusual task, And to word His work, His extraordinary work (Isaiah
28:21).
(5) Godly anger is
always under control. Godly anger does not lose its temper. Ungodly anger
is excessive and abusive; godly anger never is. Godly anger is always under the
control of the one expressing it, rather than anger taking control of them.
But He, being
compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; And often He
restrained His anger, And did not arouse all His wrath (Psalm 78:38).
PLEASE NOTE #4….God does not take pleasure in expressing His
anger…nor does He shun or exclude…which is my point. We need to look inward and
do the self-work. Why? Because, it is IMPOSSIBLE to step into the true presence
of God and remain the same.
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