Philippians 3:10
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
“And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.”
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Have you ever been angry about something that just turned out to be so irrelevant? Like that fast food line that is no longer FAST. Or that person in front of you at the convenient store wants to give the exact change and take their time doing it. All you want to do is just pay for gas. Or how about the long red lights that you are waiting for to turn green, what seems like an eternity. Better yet, those that drive slow in the passing lane on the highway. Mind you of course that these things are what people have told me about and that makes them angry. Not my own experience of course. Sorta makes me wonder what made the kid in the picture so angry. Was it the tie around his neck chocking him? The 80’s coat that mom made him wear when it was 100 degrees outside. Or the simple fact that no male wants to get his picture made. Whichever it is I can assure you it makes no difference now because it is all said and done.
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I wonder what makes we as Gods children angry? How long does this anger last? And what do we do about it? Can I give you something to think about before we head to church tomorrow? Can I say that anger is not a terrible thing? It can be of excellent quality in our lives if used in the right way. We find God getting angry and Jesus when He walked this earth. But every time we find God and Jesus angry at the sins of humankind. In our verse above we find Moses coming down from the mountain because God had told him to get back down to His people (Study here to find out why God called them Moses people instead of His own). They had gone and created a golden calf to worship because they thought Moses was not coming back. When Moses got to the bottom he could see and hear the people had done something sinful. They had forgotten all about what God had done for them. When he saw this the Bible says his anger waxed hot. Other words this anger would not go away quickly. He was so mad he threw down the tablets so hard that they broke. The very tablets that God had just given him. I can only imagine how mad he was that day. I would not want to go back to that day.
We now live in an era where, through Jesus, God wants to reveal and manifest himself to the world. In this era, God’s manifested presence is not meant to be rare or uncommon. It’s meant to be poured out everywhere. It’s meant to be a regular occurrence for believers to experience His presence manifested among us.
All these things uphold our freedom in Christ and allow for us to experience God’s manifested presence. Until Christ returns let’s keep walking in these things and in our assignment to help as many as we can to find and experience the freedom we have in Christ.
In the Old Testament God revealed and manifested himself at different times, but generally it was limited to a few and limited to one nation – Israel. In the New Testament we see that through Christ, God has chosen to manifest and pour out His Spirit on all people, from every nation whether young or old.
If only Gods people could get that angry over our own sins. The sins we produce daily. None of us are guiltless and we have anger issues. Just not the right anger issues. We should be mad at ourselves every now and then and just look in the mirror. I am sure our Pastor lives would be easier if we could point the finger at self rather than pretending it does not need fixed. Before God saved me, I was a sinner. And so was you. And when God saved me and you, we just became sinners saved by grace. Still sin to this very day. But thank God for 1john 1:9. Before we go to church tomorrow, can we agree that we will get angry for the right reason? And that is because of our own sin that makes an almighty God saddened. One of my hero’s said it best when he said this “An excuse was the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie” Billy Sunday
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