Self-justified anger is not
the same thing as righteous anger. Jesus was angry in the temple when He drove
out the moneychangers. He was right and they were wrong and His anger revealed
the glory of God.
But many are angry over the sins of others or even angry
with God’s providential actions and stay angry because they have justified
themselves in the sight of God. They assume that since a wrong was done against
them that they get to be angry and get to stay angry. They assume that since
God’s providential workings have worked hard against them, that they are right to
rail against Heaven.
Such was the response of Jonah. But Jonah justified himself
and was not just in the sight of God. Sins against you are to be forgiven and
unremembered. God’s works of Providence are to be received with the submission
of a bondservant. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.
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