"God's Wrath"

"Remove Thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of Thine hand." (Psalms 39:10) On the flip side of God being for us, as if that should be the case, if we are being chastised by God, then our only hope we have of relief is with God; no one else, or nothing else will be able to remove His wrath from us, only He alone can stay His mighty hand. And yet, His wrath against His children is actually one of the safest places that we can be found; for His wrath against those that are His, is more against the sin than it is against His children. Unconditional love does not question if we are worthy of His love, He has chosen to love us no matter what; so now, that choice is up to us, whether or not we are going to accept His love for us; and when we make that choice to accept His love, then He will do whatever it takes to assure that we remain His children; even if that might mean a spanking to get us back in line with His will. Here is a quote worth writing down, which is by Joni Eareckson Tada: "Sometimes God allows what He hates to accomplish what He loves." God hates to see His children suffer, but He will allow them to suffer if that means that His grace will be revealed in their suffering. If you doubt that this is true, then you only need to look at the cross of Christ to see your answer; for God loved us so much, that He allowed His only begotten Son to suffer and die upon that cross, that we might be saved. Don't think that God did not hate to see His Son beaten and tormented as He was, because it was something that broke His heart; but He allowed that which He hated to see happen, in order that He might save the world which He loved. So, what is a little chastisement on one of His children compared to what Christ has done? We deserve to be punished, yet Jesus did nothing deserving of the punishment He received; and yet, it pleased the Father to allow it to happen, because the result was going to bring the forgiveness of sin to the whole world, by the death of One. The word "wrath" means strong, stern or fierce anger, deeply resentful indignation, vengeance or punishment; of which God has against sin, but not the sinner: for the sinner He came and died for, but the sin He consumed with all that He could. His wrath is surely the safest place for us to be... "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper on his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured our his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." (Isaiah 53:10-12)