Passionate Protector

God is a just judge,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.

-Psalm 7:11, NKJV

Injustice and exploitation touches a deep place of anger inside of me.

This is especially the case when people I love are under threat of harm. It does not sit well with me.

Yesterday, I was present at a local election debate. It stirred this part of me as we are in a battle with developers and Google as they attempt to build a hyperscale data center next to my home. I was irate to hear a lack of concern for people likely to be harmed by this development in some of the city council candidates.

I was stirred.

You see, something is wrong if we do not get angry over someone harming or threatening to harm those we love. This is a healthy response to such boundary violations.

And it is why I find comfort in God’s anger:

If God did not get angry at the wicked, then God would not truly love their victims or be just.

Yet He does and is!

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