What do you think about when you think about God? This is an important question, I think. How do you see Him in your mind's eye...in your heart of hearts? It's easy to think that because man is made in the image of God, then He must be like us. He is not. We are made in His image...He is NOT made in ours. Whenever you move from God to man in your thought processes, you can gain valuable insight into what man is like before the Holy Creator. Whenever you move from man to God, you will skew Him badly in your assessment of Him and create a picture that negatively affects the way you approach His throne...His absolute perfection.
For instance, I have heard it said that it is all right to get angry with God because after all, He is the One Who made us to be emotional creatures. Surely He understands our periodic anger toward Him. Perhaps we entertain these thoughts because we do not think about Him as we should and as a result, since we ourselves from time to time do things that cause our own children to become angry with us...and since we are made in His image...and since He is also a parent, certainly He must sympathize with our own occasional frustration toward His difficult to decode, divinely higher and enigmatically mysterious ways.
While it is true that moments of anger toward God are forgivable, make no mistake here...these moments are ALWAYS sin. There are no circumstances under which one can correctly say, "I am justified in my ill-temper toward God." He is God...He is perfect and just...He is always right and righteous and good...and He has never...not once...ever made a mistake. Job once tried the, "I'll show God the error of His ways" approach. The 38th Chapter of Job begins with God's response to his poorly-chosen words. It was not pleasant. But in the end, Job ran to repentance and humbled himself, and God forgave Him...restored right relationship...covered a multitude of sins.
You see, anger toward God demonstrates a lack of faith. Maybe this faithlessness stems from a feeling that He is unjustly punishing us or (even worse) has forgotten or overlooked our situation. But we would be wrong to think that God ever does either of these things. If you find yourself in the midst of being miffed with the Almighty, seek repentance. Acknowledge that He is God and that He is working for the good of those who love Him. Speak to Him as Job did in humility: "I am of small account...I lay my hand over my mouth." Align your heart to think of God not as you would like for Him to be, but as He truly IS. And just then, without leaning on your own understanding, trust Him...and He will direct your path as you walk toward right assessment of His divine nature.