“You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, ‘How have we wearied him?’ By saying, ‘Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.’ Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?’” – Malachi 2:17
Try not to weary the Lord with your words! That’s just good, solid life advice… Fortunately, the Bible gives us some examples of words that weary and frustrate the Lord when spoken by His people. One that’s popular today is saying that God is fine with sin and delighted with people engaged in unrepentant sin. That’s a total lie (proclaimed by many, including churches)! He isn’t!
God certainly is love. However, that doesn’t mean He has no opinion about, or turns a blind eye toward, sinful behavior. God is also perfectly holy and righteous! All sin must be dealt with and can’t be ignored. That’s true whether you’re talking about sexual sin, false teaching, or injustice, cruelty, and hard-heartedness toward the poor and vulnerable around you. That’s true whether the sin is greed, sinful anger, gossip, lying, substance abuse, or pride. Don’t try to pretend, excuse, explain, or affirm sin and call it good. Don’t lie and claim that God delights in people who make a habit of practicing sin. Those who are happily engaging in sin – whatever that sin is – are not in a good place with the Lord! To say otherwise is to lie about God’s nature.
Likewise, God grows tired of complaints about how the universe is being managed, when those complaints become our excuse to not obey Him. The Bible tells us to expect all sorts of calamity during our earthly lives. We live in a world that is thoroughly infected and affected by human sin at every level. Injustice is going to happen – for a period of time. Eventually, Jesus will return and all injustice will be dealt with. Those who are wicked will be dealt with for all eternity and God’s perfect justice will be done THEN and forever afterward (not necessarily now). Complaining about that which God has already explained in His word grows wearisome to Him when it becomes our reason not to delight in God and commit ourselves to #FollowJesus