Don't Get Angry at God

“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
(John 16:33)

Too many believers today encounter difficulties or troubles and then go off in a huff, angry at God. We begin to doubt God’s love and presence in our lives. We question why a God, powerful and all knowing and able to create the universe could not prevent the heartache we are feeling.

This verse from John specifically tells us that we WILL have trouble in this world. It doesn’t state that we might have trouble or we won’t have trouble if we are serving God. Again, it is specific to instruct us that there WILL be trouble, trials and tribulations as long as we walk this earth and have breath in our lungs. Yet the very next sentence uplifts our hearts and tells us to TAKE HEART!

The vital difference being that as believers, we must KNOW His Word and realize that God knows what is best in every life situation. God does not make us sick or break our hearts. God does not bring strife and hatred into relationships. God does not rob us of financial security.

1 Peter 5:8 reveals to us: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

Don’t get angry at God the next time that things don’t go just the way you had hoped and planned. This Scripture tells us that it is our adversary, the devil, who roaming around, attempts his best to destroy lives. Don’t let this make you fearful as we are assured that God always has the upper hand over the devil.

If God allows the devil to tempt us, God will always give us a route of escape from being ensnared in sin. If God allows the devil to bring tribulations such as He allowed in the case of Job (illness, loss of resources, loss of family members), we must remind our self that in the end, “The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first” (Job 42:12).

All too often, when the going gets tough, God’s children run from Him, blame Him, doubt Him, and get just downright mad at Him. And look what the end could bring to us, if we just remain obedient and faithful to God – more blessings after the tribulations and troubles than our minds could comprehend, just as Job was rewarded in his latter days.

Remain faithful. Remain vigilant. Remain in love and obedience to God.