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Okay, you're mad at God. It doesn't matter why, only that you are. What are you going to do about it?
Oh, I know there are some of you who think you are such wonderful beings God should come chasing after you, coddling you, inquiring "What's wrong, sweetie-pie?" like a snubbed spouse. Get over it! It's not going to happen. You have a serious case of thinking "more highly of yourself than you ought." If you want to know how God reacts when He feels like a snubbed spouse read Ezekiel 23 sometime. It's not pretty.
Nope, this one is up to you. You're going to have to go right up to God and tell Him, "I'm angry with you." (Meanwhile be thankful we're living in "the age of grace," and that He's the one Who told us to come boldly to the throne.)
At times such as these one of two tendencies usually takes over. Most people either cut God off, giving Him some kind of spiritual "silent treatment," or they play nice with Him and act as if there's nothing wrong.
Giving God the silent treatment puts only you in spiritual gulag. Overall God isn't phased by such tricks. To remove yourself from God is to cut yourself off from the very source of life. The unresolved anger will eat you alive. The removal from God will shatter your life.
Still, the spiritual silent treatment is at least honest. "Playing nice," in its dishonesty, may be worse. You're not fooling anyone. God knows you're presenting Him a facade. He expects you to come boldly to the throne, not holding up a mask. You're pulling the spiritual equivalent of Adam hiding behind the bushes. God is waiting for you to be honest with Him. Until you are it will hamper all you do. You are depending on God (whether you realize it or not) to provide for your every need. The wall of dishonesty you've built blocks the flow of all good things between He and you.
Only when you honestly come to God and tell Him what you are feeling and why can the anger be released and resolved. Only then can right relationship be restored. Only then can God give you the information you need to make any corrective steps which may be necessary. Whether you shut God out or put up a pretense, your holy communication is cut off. Those who worship God must worship Him in spirit and in truth. You can't worship Him properly if you are being dishonest.
Perhaps you are saying, "But it's dumb, because I know God isn't responsible. I know God hasn't done anything to justify my being angry with Him." Duh. But the anger still wreaks its damage. Of course you can't justifiably be angry with God, but the anger does exist and it is driving a wedge between He and you. The anger is having a destructive effect on your relationship, your Christian walk, and frankly your entire life.
I had a situation like this years ago. I was so angry at God but it took me a long time to tell Him, tell Him why, and what I thought He should have done in the matter. I knew He wasn't responsible for what had happened, but I still felt there were things He should have done to prevent and fix it. Nonetheless I played nice before His face and wondered why nothing was happening in my life. Only after I was honest before Him did He say, "Oh really?" and let me know a thing or two. Only then did I find out what the real score was, where I had missed it, and what went on behind the scenes that I knew nothing about.
Was God firm? Yes! Was it difficult? Yes! But it reopened the flow. Things were never going to be right till I took that step. I've said it before and it bears repeating: I'd rather have God yell at me than say nothing. When you are used to the presence of God, its absence is like a day without air.
There must be total honesty between God and you. If you are angry with God today, humble yourself and go to Him in all honesty and lay the whole thing before Him. He's not going to fry you with a lightning bolt. It is the only way things will ever be right.
(Romans 10:9, John 3:17, John 5:24, John 1:12)
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