Rebellious against His Spirit

They provoked Him to anger at the waters of Meribah,
So that it went hard with Moses on their account;
Because they were rebellious against His Spirit,
Moses spoke recklessly with his lips

(Psalm 106:32-33).?

Righteous anger never causes you to step out in your own emotions.  It is very hard to discern between yours and God’s because God inhabits and is a very part of our emotions to begin with. That is why many people find themselves doing evil and saying that God told them to do it.

Here is Moses, falling into that emotional trap too.  He just had enough of these whining people who never looked to God, were never thankful and were never satisfied or content.  Their inability to learn, to grow and to know God was unquestionably the hardest thing for Moses to take. Remember, right at this time they were getting very close to entering the promised land – and they still were not ready spiritually to do so (Numbers 11:1-9); (Philippians 2:12-16).

I wish I could tell you that righteous anger is …