Truth #73 - God does get angry at sin but gives joy in the morning - Psalm 30-32

Psalms 30:4-5
Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

Is there a great truth than these words?   This phrase from this psalm says all we need to know about God and our salvation by faith in His finished work for us.   King David is instructing us, in the psalm, not only what to do in light of the truth, but also about the truth itself.  In regard to the truth we see that God's anger does happen.  Remember, in the Old Testament God was angry at the Israelites for their constant complaining.  He was even going to wipe them out and start over again with Moses, but Moses actually appealed to the character of God behind the above verses and God changed His mind (Numbers 23:19).  The character of the truth is that we might, as a result of our sin and thus God's anger, weep about it.  Our sin always invokes God's anger, but it doesn't always cause us to weep for the night.  God's anger is always cared for by the death of His Son, Christ, in relationship to us.  However, that should not stop us from "feeling" the pain of the sin in our lives.   Weeping is not a bad thing.  Remorse over sin should be natural to the believer.  In fact, the lack of remorse would indicate that we might have a false relationship with Christ.   Notice in Romans 7 how Paul responds to his own sin.

Romans 7:24-25
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Yet, the remorse should always give way to joy in the morning.  Again, absent remorse you might have an indication something is not right with the relationship.  But, also, absent the "joy in the morning" might equally cause us to question that relationship.  We WILL sin in our lives, even after great faith.   Yet, true believership will always produce joy after we confess that to Christ.  1 John 1:9 tells us of God's great faithfulness and mercy to forgive ... that solicits joy, or should, in our lives.   The truth is God does get angry at sin.  The truth is that anger is forgiven on the cross.  The truth is, however, that anger ought to produce remorse of which tears are a fruit.   The truth is, that those tears should and will give way to joy as we sing the praises and give thanks for God's eternal grace and mercy.