Storms in Our Life
by Mark Wash
You know that feeling when you know someone is angry at you? It feels somewhat like guilt or shame, but there is also a feeling of distance between you. It doesn't feel good, no matter what you call it. This feeling intensifies, particularly if you've done something to provoke anger in others.
Have you ever thought that God might be angry at you? When it comes to people, the signs are usually clear: they frown, yell, ignore, or harm you. But how would you know if God is angry at you?
We may believe that adverse events signify divine discontent.
But that wasn't true for Jonah. This runaway prophet had turned down God's request to tell the people of Nineveh a message. He got in a boat and went the other way, so God "sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken." (Jonah 1:4).
The storm wasn't meant to hurt Jonah. It was meant to bring Jonah back to God and his calling.
God is not angry with you when bad things happen in your life. When Jesus was on the cross, He took all the anger toward our sins. God can use storms and other things that seem bad in order to do something good.
by Mark Wash
You know that feeling when you know someone is angry at you? It feels somewhat like guilt or shame, but there is also a feeling of distance between you. It doesn't feel good, no matter what you call it. This feeling intensifies, particularly if you've done something to provoke anger in others.
Have you ever thought that God might be angry at you? When it comes to people, the signs are usually clear: they frown, yell, ignore, or harm you. But how would you know if God is angry at you?
We may believe that adverse events signify divine discontent.
But that wasn't true for Jonah. This runaway prophet had turned down God's request to tell the people of Nineveh a message. He got in a boat and went the other way, so God "sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken." (Jonah 1:4).
The storm wasn't meant to hurt Jonah. It was meant to bring Jonah back to God and his calling.
God is not angry with you when bad things happen in your life. When Jesus was on the cross, He took all the anger toward our sins. God can use storms and other things that seem bad in order to do something good.