Day 42..."Holy Anger"

Today readings from Exodus and Matthew both have outbursts of anger. The anger is holy as Israel, with Aaron in charge, makes and then worships a golden calf to worship. Moses casts the tablets and draws a line in the sand asking... who will worship God? Jesus, after a triumphant entry, turns the tables over in the temple and drives out the money changers. The reason...the place of worship has been exploited by charging exhorbitant costs for sacrifices. In both cases we see God's Holy Anger. There are occasions where "holy anger" is needed to bring the focus back to God and worship. True worship is desiring God above all else. I like the bookends of the 42nd Psalm today. The Psalmist helps us with the opening line today..."As a deer pants for flowing streams,so pants my soul for you, O God." The Psalmist also closes strong..."Why are you cast down, O my soul,and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,my salvation and my God."