An Angry God?

Being the holidays we are taking my 5 year old son to a Holiday Club on the days that my lovely wife Tarryn is working.
He has had an absolute ball. He's been to the movies and is loving the interaction with all the other kids.

The highlight of this holiday club has been a bus trip up to Auckland to go to the sea world in Missions Bay. He has been building in excitement with the passing of each day, absolutely ebulent for the upcoming trip.
So I tool him today... and to our horror... I had gotten the day of the trip mixed up. They had all left on a bus for Auckland 50 minutes ago.
I had one emotion... anger!

I was so angry that Ethan would be missing out on his big day trip.
I was so angry for the coming disappointment... for the crushed dream.

Then I remembered this Scripture:
Exo 4:13-14 MSG (13) He said, "Oh, Master, please! Send somebody else!" (14) GOD got angry with Moses: "Don't you have a brother, Aaron the Levite? He's good with words, I know he is. He speaks very well. In fact, at this very moment he's on his way to meet you. When he sees you he's going to be glad.

God appears to Moses and gives him his mission: to free the Israelites from their Egyptian slavery and lead them into the promised land.
You would think that Moses would be excited... but then you realize how daunting a task it really is... you empathize with Moses. You think of all the excuses you have made ...
Moses 5 times tried to get out of his assignment. 5 Times Moses tried to side step his mission.

Then God got angry!
Why? I believe like my anger at Ethan missing out on this great trip... God's anger is over our missed opportunities to be and do for His kingdom. God is angry that we will be the ones missing out by not accepting our faith adventure. God is angry that we will be stuck in the same place.

How am I angering God?
What actions do I need to take?
What attitudes must change?


PS) I drove Ethan up to Auckland to join the crew. Nothing was going to stand in my way of seeing Ethan have his big day!

I look forward to your comments : )

God Speaks To Me In The Movies (Part 1 - Shooter))

I watched SHOOTER at the movies and thought I’d share a thought from the movie. Don’t worry I won’t ruin it for those who haven’t seen the movie by telling you what it was all about… except to say that it was a beauty!

Todays thought comes from a line in the movie: (the senator says it for those of you who want to watch out for it)

“There is always a man who thinks that he can actually make a difference in the world, and the only way to change his mind is to put a bullet in it.”

I got to thinking… how true this was. Look at anyone who has caught a serious vision and revelation of their mission from God: Martin Luther King Jnr… Nelson Mandela… Mother Theresa… JFK… Matthew Barnett… Brian Houston…

All these people are doing or have done amazing things… they have lived out their dreams…

Its easy for us to see their success and not realize what it took for them to get where they are. Martin Luther King Jnr received threatening phone calls daily… bricks thrown through their home window…

Mother Theresa left her order and on her own went down to India and began her ministry to the poor.

Every single one of these great people paid a heavy price… some even with their life.

Question:

How real is your call and mission from God?

What price are you willing to pay to see your God given mission fulfilled?

What are you doing today to see your God given mission become a reality?

What price have you paid thus far?

I'd love to hear your thoughts : )