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are you throwing a tantrum? // você está tendo um ataque de raiva?


 

Funny thing when people who live their lives in their own way and suddenly need something from God and ask Him for it. They wait for the answer, but the answer never comes. Then, they get frustrated and have a tantrum against God and everything related to it. But wait a minute. Let’s think now in our human sphere. When a dad has a kid who is pretty much disobedient, and self-centered, to say the least, and asks for something from his dad, something that he really wants but doesn’t really need it. The dad, very conscientiously of the reality, that he loves a lot his kid, however, if he always gives what the kid wants, what sort of person he is educating? So, the dad decides to say no, and several times he says no to his kid. The kid can mature from this if he bothers to ask why he can’t have it or when he will have it, he probably will learn something from his dad. But as we all know that there are some kids that don’t bother asking anything and just have a tantrum or have some other bad-behavior attitude. Pretty much the kids today. In my humble opinion (non-parent one, but as one that one day was a daughter) I am very grateful for my mom and all the “no’s” that she had to give me, even knowing that would break my heart. It was for the best.

Where do you think the parents get that kind of control and firmness from? I say they get from God, the Father. So, when you have a tantrum to God, his position won’t change just because of that. In Zachariah 7:8 -13 says: “And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: 9 “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.13 “‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

 

So, God gave us instructions about how to live a proper life and please Him. However, we often don’t listen, and we do things our way and want them to be ok and somehow please God also. Just because we think that that way is the best way.

Dear friend, we can’t play with God nor play of being God.

If we want an answer or a reward, we must (at least) obey His word.

However, if we sincerely repent of all our wrongdoings and start living by His words, He surely will forgive us and fill our lives with unaccountable blessings. What parent doesn’t like to give gifts to their kids? So does God. What kid doesn’t want to please their parents? He only wants a humble heart, a willing and sincere heart. He knows how hard is to be in our shoes, remember he’s been there. He came so we could just change our ways by believing and obeying. In fact, it has always been this way. God looks to your heart, the sincerity of it.

But He won’t stop the consequences of our actions to come. As no parent should. Only with them, we can learn and not repeat them.

 

 

Engraçado quando pessoas que vivem suas vidas à sua maneira e de repente precisam de algo de Deus e pedem a Ele por isso. Eles esperam pela resposta, mas a resposta nunca vem. Então, eles ficam frustrados e têm um acesso de raiva contra Deus e tudo relacionado a ele. Mas espere um minuto. Vamos pensar agora em nossa esfera humana. Quando um pai tem um filho que é bastante desobediente e egocêntrico, para dizer o mínimo, e pede algo de seu pai, algo que ele realmente deseja, mas realmente não precisa. O pai, muito consciente da realidade, que ama muito o filho, porém, se ele sempre dá o que o filho quer, que tipo de pessoa ele está educando? Então, o pai decide dizer não, e várias vezes diz não para o filho. A criança pode amadurecer com isso se se incomodar em perguntar por que não pode ter ou quando terá, provavelmente aprenderá algo com seu pai. Mas como todos nós sabemos, existem algumas crianças que não se preocupam em perguntar nada e apenas têm um acesso de raiva ou alguma outra atitude de mau comportamento. Bem as crianças de hoje. Na minha humilde opinião (de não mãe, mas como alguém que um dia foi filha), sou muito grata pela minha mãe e todos os "nãos" que ela teve que me dar, mesmo sabendo que iria partir meu coração. Era o melhor.

De onde você acha que os pais obtêm esse tipo de controle e firmeza? Eu digo que eles vêm de Deus, o Pai. Então, quando você tem um acesso de raiva a Deus, a posição dele não muda apenas por causa disso. Em Zacarias 7: 8-13 diz: “E a palavra do Senhor veio novamente a Zacarias: 9“ Assim disse o Senhor Todo-Poderoso: ‘Administrai a verdadeira justiça; mostrem misericórdia e compaixão uns pelos outros. 10 Não oprimais a viúva ou órfão, o estrangeiro ou o pobre. Não planejem o mal uns contra os outros.'11 “Mas eles se recusaram a prestar atenção; teimosamente, eles viraram as costas e taparam os ouvidos. 12 Eles endureceram o coração como pedra e não deram ouvidos à lei ou às palavras que o Senhor Todo-Poderoso havia enviado por seu Espírito por meio dos profetas anteriores. Por isso o Senhor Todo-Poderoso ficou muito zangado.13 “‘Quando chamei, eles não ouviram; então, quando eles chamavam, eu não ouvia ', diz o Senhor Todo-Poderoso.”

 

Então, Deus nos deu instruções sobre como viver uma vida adequada e agradá-Lo. No entanto, muitas vezes não ouvimos e fazemos as coisas do nosso jeito e queremos que elas estejam bem e de alguma forma agradem a Deus também. Só porque pensamos que esse caminho é o melhor.

Caro amigo, não podemos brincar com Deus nem brincar de ser Deus.

Se quisermos uma resposta ou uma recompensa, devemos (pelo menos) obedecer à Sua palavra.

No entanto, se nos arrependermos sinceramente de todos os nossos erros e começarmos a viver por Suas palavras, Ele certamente nos perdoará e encherá nossa vida de bênçãos inexplicáveis. Que pai não gosta de dar presentes aos filhos? Deus também. Que filho não quer agradar seus pais? Ele só quer um coração humilde, um coração sincero e disposto. Ele sabe como é difícil estar no nosso lugar, lembre-se de que ele esteve lá. Ele veio para que pudéssemos mudar nossos caminhos, crendo e obedecendo. Na verdade, sempre foi assim. Deus olha para o seu coração, a sinceridade dele.

Mas Ele não impedirá as consequências de nossas ações futuras. Como nenhum pai deveria. Só com elas podemos aprender e não repeti-los.

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