"And the Anger of the Lord was Hot Against"....Ho

How To Find Gods Way

As I read my bible today...these wording hit me, not once, but twice in the short chapter of the Old Testament book of Judges.  As always the questions came flooding out...

Lord why is it that we can betray you so easily?(for the carnal mind is emnity against God) Why do you put up with it time and again? (But thou Lord are full of compassion, you're gracious and longsuffering) Lord if know we'll fail, why allow it? (Choose you this day whom you will serve, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord) How do I avoid your anger? (do right for sin lies at your door...put on the full armour of God that you may avoid the wiles of the devil) Do people know when you're angry at them?(but his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones...) 

Even as I type I know that much of our walk with God is a sanctification process, a converting of a heart and a preparation for the souls eternal destiny 

Then I considered that sometimes a parent puts up with and forgives a child time and again.  sometimes the offenses are incredibly severe and yet from somewhere comes the ability to "wipe the slate clean and start over" and I wondered can our parenting compare to Gods?

How much can I give for love?  Can I distinguish between love and fear of man? (our kids in this case)

 John 3:16 For God so Loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have everlasting life

How much can I look past my anger and correctly and courageously handle a situation?

In Judges 2:14-15 God gave another opportunity to his children to make right choices. They didn't; they allowed their feelings and emotions and desires to dictate their actions.  This made God angry (again) but he didn't sit there and destroy them, or ignore them. He let them go to their wants and choices and feel and carry the weight of their choices, until the weight overcame them and they cried out to God.  Because God is gracious and long suffering he gives help always to a heart that cries out to him.                               

Usually I come to these conclusions:

Accept that Gods ways are a step ahead and way beyond my comprehension.

Isaish 55: 8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

 In all my situations I have to know or find out Gods Way of doing things before I can proceed.  When I don't and do things as the world would think I'm usually left with a void in the situation.

Romans 11:33

Oh, how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways