THINE ANGER IS TRUNED AWAY.

 

APRIL 2.
 
Thine anger is turned away.
Isaiah 12:1

 
THE anger of the God is his displeasure against sin.
 
It is not a passion like ours,
  which agitates and troubles us;
  but it is the calm, dignified, holy manifestation
    of his opposition to what is wrong.
 
He must hate evil.
 
He will always be displeased with sin.
 
But he will not always be angry with the sinner.
 
When his heart is broken;
  when his spirit is humbled;
  when he submits to God’s righteousness;
  when he frankly confesses his fault;
  when he is willing to part with all sin;
  when he looks to Jesus and
    pleads his sacrifice alone for acceptance;
       God is pleased, his anger is turned away.
 
He now smiles and forgives.
 
Invites the prodigal to come near unto him.
 
Sheds abroad his love in the heart,
  applies the precious promise to the soul,
  sprinkles the blood on atonement on the conscience,
   and peace and joy are experienced.
 
Then the sinner can say with the prophet,
  “O Lord, I will praise thee:
    though thou wast angry with me,
      thine anger is turned away and
       thou comfortedst me.”
 
Now, God appears as a Father,
   the believer is a reconciled, happy child,
  what ever happens to him is overruled for his welfare,
    and every trial flows from love.
 
 

For ever gracious is the Lord,

For ever faithful to his word:

By sweet experience now, I prove

His mercy, his unchanging love.

 
James Smith 1849