OPEN HEAVENS Devotional – Friday
October 28th 2016
TOPIC: GOD GETS ANGRY TOO
Memorize: For his anger
endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning. Psalms 30:5
Read: Psalms 30:1-5,
1 I will extol
thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to
rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my
God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O Lord,
thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I
should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto
the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his
holiness.
5 For his
anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a
night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Bible in one year: Zechariah
1:1-6-8, Psalms 86:15-37
MESSAGE
A truth catches one’s
attention in today’s Bible reading; God can be angry! If this wasn’t the case,
the Bible wouldn’t have said; “For this anger endureth but a moment”. Jeremiah
25:6 further corroborates this fact by saying that the God of love can be
provoked to anger:
“And go not after other gods
to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with works of
your hands; and I will do you no hurt.”
It is only a false teacher or
prophet that will teach that God is so lovingly holy, therefore, He can’t be
provoked to anger. This type of teaching makes children of God take the love of
their heavenly Father for granted.
Having said this, we must also
acknowledge the fact that His anger does not last forever. There is a condition
though. When you don’t take God and His mercies for granted, and you genuinely
turn away from your wickedness, He will deal with you as if you have never
sinned before. Proverbs 28:13 says:
“He that covereth his sins
shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”
When God is angry with an
individual, that fellow cannot know joy. Psalms 32:10 says:
“Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.”
Going by this scripture, every
man born of a woman is doomed for sorrow until Jesus Christ redeems him from the
curse of sin. Our trust in the work of redemption without taking the One who
made it possible for granted, will bring us unspeakable joy. When our
relationship is cordial with God, we can boldly say like the Psalmist; “weeping
may endure for a night…” (Due to the variable nature of life) “…but joy cometh
in the morning.”
When I first became General
Overseer, anytime I returned from my missionary journeys, my wife would be
eager to tell me about all the matters that needed my attention. After
listening to them all, I would ask for my food and after the meal I would go to
bed. My wife kept on wondering about my attitude. I had to explain to her the
fact that joy will come in the morning because I was leaving everything to God
while I sleep. Faithful is He who has promised us joy in the morning; it shall
surely come.
Prayer Point
Father, let my morning of joy
come now.
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