Thankfully God doesn’t sulk

Unlike us

We often judge God by our own narrow standards; where we assess him and expect him to deliver what we are due according to our own experiences of each other. So have you ever been in a relationship where you and/or the other person, when hurt, accused, scolded, or badly treated in that relationship, end-up sulking? So, a small child will express this sulk toward his parent very openly and honestly, with a pout, frown, folded arms, and then a turning away. Adults often sulk but not so obviously; rather they act it out inwardly. Either way, the result is the same — separation, pain, and rejection for both parties as their love is ruptured.

Thankfully (so thankfully) God doesn’t sulk, when we hurt him, accuse him, scold him, or badly treat him. Of course, he doesn’t like it, and he even will become angry as he sees the bad results, for you and others, when this happens. But what he will not do is pout, frown, fold his arms, and turn away from us. Instead, he always reaches out to us; and, as the father to the prodigal son, he run towards us when he sees us, even in the distance (Luke 15:11-32).

But, why does he do this? Because he loves us perfectly — beyond our imagination and small-minded understandings — for God is love (1 John 4:8). And, because he knows so much better than we know ourselves that we are not right with ourselves when we reject him and are separated from him. In other words, deep-down (despite our frequent sulks toward him) we need and yearn to be at peace with him for our sakes, and that he is prepared to do anything to ensure this peace is made real and permanent — even if this means sacrificing his son on the cross, so he takes the blame for our sulk/sin and not us (2 Corinthians 5:21).

So, what must we do in response to this kind of love for us? First, stop sulking certainly, and embrace and accept God’s reaching out to us in this wonderful and undeserved form (so accept and invite Christ’s love into our lives). But then, secondly, with Christ’s love now living in us, set a new and life-giving example, and always reach out to others (as God has done for us), even if we are being pushed away!

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