Bible Reading: Genesis 6-8, John 2
Reel Thoughts:
Reading these scriptures tonight was particularly interesting for me given the emotional roller-coaster of a day I've had. It made me wonder, when does God reach His breaking point? When does His righteous anger rise to the point where it spills over into judgement? In Genesis 6-8 we see exactly when this happens: when God surveys the world and can't seem to find many whose hearts are turned towards Him. The Message translation says that He looked around and all He could find was evil. How daunting. Then in John 2, Jesus appears to reach His breaking point when He witnesses the desecration of the temple.
There's a lesson in all of this. God gets angry with sin. As a matter of fact, He hates it and He expects us to as well. However, that's not the same as hating the people who sin, or even not being able to forgive them. So for those of us (myself included) who sometimes get up on our high horse of judgement to condemn others for their mistakes, or can't find it in ourselves to learn to forgive, let's take a page out of God's playbook. His anger, warranted as it may be, only last for but a moment, and always leaves the door open for reconciliation and restoration. We should do the same.
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