God is angry with you when you sin. His face is turned from you until you confess and “make things right.”
For generations, we have been handed a picture of God as an easily displeased deity, a kind of cosmic scorekeeper who is perpetually disappointed with His children. We’ve been taught that our sin triggers His anger, causing Him to withdraw His presence and blessing. This myth keeps us in a state of fear and insecurity, turning our relationship with God into a desperate cycle of sin, guilt, and frantic confession to get back in His good graces. But the Cross tells a radically different story. The Cross was not a temporary appeasement of God’s anger; it was the final, eternal exhaustion of all His wrath against the sin of humanity. Jesus absorbed the full, undiluted fury of God’s justice so that you and I would never have to. To believe that God is still angry with a believer’s sin is to suggest that the sacrifice of Jesus was insufficient.
“...that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” (2 Corinthians 5:19)
This verse is the bedrock of our peace. God is not counting your sins against you. He is not holding a grudge. He reconciled the *world* to Himself in Christ, not just the parts of it that were behaving well. The deal is done. His disposition toward you is one of settled, unwavering love.
Today, every time a thought of failure or sin comes to mind, consciously refuse to picture an angry God. Instead, picture the Father running to the prodigal son. See His arms open, His face smiling. Remind yourself, “The price for that sin has already been paid in full by Jesus.” Your confession is not to appease His anger, but to agree with His love and forgiveness.
I am not defined by my stumbles; I am defined by the finished work of the Cross. God is not angry with me; He is at peace with me through Jesus Christ.