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Would a God who took as much pleasure in evil as he did in good be a good God? Would a God who did not react adversely to evil in his world be morally perfect? Surely not. But it is precisely this adverse reaction to evil, which is a necessary part of moral perfection, that the Bible has in view when it speaks of God’s wrath.
–J. I. Packer

We don’t like to talk about God’s wrath. We only want to focus on God’s love. But a God of love necessarily must also be a God of wrath towards anything that attempts to hurt those He loves. It is the same in our own lives. We love our families, but if someone attempts to harm them, then we have a wrath that rises up within us against the attacker. God is no different, in fact, He is the ultimate expression of this as He is ultimate love. Because He loves me so much, He has intense wrath toward any sin I might do because that sin harms both me and others.

Stop trying to argue away God’s wrath, and instead embrace an understanding of His wrath as being a function of His great love for you and for all of His creation. As sin and evil attempt to harm His creation, His wrath rises up against them due to His great love!

This is the greatest wisdom — to seek the kingdom of heaven through contempt of the world.

    Sanctification is the process by which a man becomes normal in the context of the kingdom of God. The more sanctified you are, the more the fruit of the Spirit will grow freely, and the more normal you will seem to other Christians.
    Sophistication, on the other hand, is the process by which a man becomes normal in the context of the world. The more sophisticated you are, the more normal you’ll look to the pagans. You’ll fit right into their world. The fruits of sophistication include lust, faithlessness, selfishness, self-absorption, and the love of money. The fruit of sophistication rots the fruit of the Spirit.
–Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker

The fruit of the Spirit is:

When the pious criticized his disciples for their laxity in spiritual disciplines, Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?” Of all the images he could have chosen for himself, Jesus settled on that of the groom whose radiance cheers up the entire wedding party.
–Philip Yancey

I hope that in your life, Jesus has come into your life to bring radiance and joy to you.
And if He has, it is now your task to go out and do the same.
When you are with others, do you bring radiance and joy to their lives, due to the fact that you have spent time with Jesus and His light, life, and love is overflowing out of you?
If not, it is time to make a change in who you are. Let Jesus change you. Ask Him to fill you up, so that He can then flow out of you to brighten up all the dark places you enter into.

Whether he lives, or whether he dies—
whether he has health, or whether he has sickness—
whether he is rich, or whether he is poor—
whether he pleases man, or whether he gives offence—
whether he is thought wise, or whether he is thought foolish—
whether he gets blame, or whether he gets praise—
whether he gets honor, or whether he gets shame—

—for all this the zealous man cares nothing at all. He burns for one thing; and that one thing is to please God, and to advance God’s glory. If he is consumed in the very burning, he cares not for it — he is content. He feels that, like a lamp, he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him.
–J. C. Ryle

May we burn for Jesus today in such a way that we are consumed in the burning… fulfilling His very purpose for our lives.