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Moses heard the people of every family wailing, each at the entrance to his tent. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.

—Num 11:10

• Immediately after God disciplined Israel for complaining and grumbling against God, the people once again began to gripe. God is exceedingly angry at their ingratitude and rebellious hearts.

• Typically when we think of people who are “exceedingly angry,” negative images come to mind. We think of raging, out-of-control people yelling, throwing things, or using profanity. God’s anger is something else. It is calm, deliberate, controlled, and purposeful.

• Praise the Lord for his righteous anger. We would not want to live in a world where no one gets angry. When people choose to drive drunk, we want people to get angry. When children are forced into sexual slavery, we want people to get angry. When the powerful exploit the weak, we want people to get angry.

• Even our Lord Jesus got angry on occasion: “People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these’” (Mark 10:13–14).

• Reflect on Jesus, who felt the full force of God’s anger on the cross as he took our sins upon himself.

• Praise God that because of Jesus, we will never experience the anger of God.