God is not Moody

 Are you in a bad mood sometimes?

That's normal for us humans, but God is not a moody person.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Jas 1:17 NIV

Our love may fluctuate with our moods, but that doesn't affect God's love for you one bit.

We are mortal beings. Our biological nature is weak and changeable, but in your mortal body is an immortal spirit.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 2 Co 5:1–2 NIV

This life on earth is a time of learning and testing. We can learn to live with an awakened spirit by living in close fellowship with God's Spirit.

God has given you supernatural means of communication to grow beyond your flawed nature.

On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.

Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”

By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. Jn 7:37–39 NIV

If you have given your life to Jesus, you can expect Jesus to flood you with the Holy Spirit. You may drink if you are thirsty.

But don't draw back like many conservative Christians. Jesus wants to bless you much more.

When you are flooded and filled with the Holy Spirit, God will be a wonderful companion and guide.

Some conservative Christians don't want to seek a new experience with the Holy Spirit. They say they were filled with the Holy Spirit when they were converted.

Some Pentecostals do not want to seek more blessing because they have already been baptised with the Holy Spirit.

But Paul taught plain language.

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, Eph 5:18 NIV

The original Greek text is clear that Paul is not talking about a one-off experience, but about a way of life.

You can ask Jesus to fill you with his Holy Spirit every day.

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Lk 11:11–13 NIV

Does God have Strong Emotions?

 Some men make fun of women because they have strange mood swings on certain days. Women make fun of men because they are grumpy or moody when they are hungry or sexually frustrated.

God is not moody like us. God is not ruled by emotions and is not driven to and fro by hormones.

In the first centuries of the Christian era, many educated Greeks converted to Jesus. They tried to explain biblical revelation with the logical thinking of Greek philosophy.

In the Bible we see that God's character is perfect and flawless.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Jas 1:17 NIV

If God is unchanging, he should not feel strong emotions. Those who react emotionally to experiences change as a result. So goes this philosophical train of thought.

But everywhere in the Bible we find that God reacts to people with joy, sorrow, tender love or anger.

The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zep 3:17 NKJV

God is not moody like us. He is not driven back and forth by his feelings. He remains unwavering in his character, which is unchanging, but God is love.

Without strong feelings, love is merely a theological concept. God is not made up of theological ideas.

God is not an abstract idea. God loves you. His love is an eternally blazing fire.