Can God get to the person you're angry or frustrated with?
A year ago around this time I was headed to Virginia for an intensive course for my studies...and boy was it intensive. During a class exercise I felt so deeply offended by a gentleman's statement directed at a role that I was in. I could find several reasons and Scriptures to justify this righteous indignation. The next day in class, still fuming, our professor presented our situation as the next intensive. This was the opportunity to let him know what was really real...lol!
BUT, the night before God spoke these words to me..."I can't get to him. Your anger is his punishment. Give him to me." God also showed me an image of Him, me, and the man...in this order. Me...standing between God and this man. The message: Move so I (God) can get to him. I can reach the soul and change the heart.
SEE, though my anger was justifiable it left no room or even a bridge for this person to have an encounter with God for the necessary heart work that was needed.
I did, in fact, move out of God's way, and received an email from this gentleman months later that detailed some of the wounds of his heart that were exposed from our experience and how he was able to address them and seek the help he needed. #ASoulSaved
This is the first time I have shared this story, but I believe it was saved for such a time as this to help with shifting our perspective.
EDIT: Here is what was ironic. This class assignment resulted in one student volunteering to present her family dynamics for the exercise. She assigned roles to each classmate...parents, siblings, etc. I was the only left without a role and the professor asked the student, "Don't you have a relationship with God?" She said, "Yes." The professor says, "Do you mind if Valerie fill the role of God?" Lord knows I did not want this role, but He had something to teach me, and that is...IN OUR RIGHTEOUS ANGER WE SOMETIMES PUT OURSELVES IN THE ROLE OF BEING GOD. There were so many layers to this experience. This was just a fraction.
“But now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers became fearful. “Now Joseph will show his anger and pay us back for all the wrong we did to him,” they said.
But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you? You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.”
Genesis 50:15, 19-20 NLT
http://bible.com/116/gen.50.15,19-20.nlt
