“Submit to God’s royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of all your activities—for his anger flares up in an instant. But what joy for all who take refuge in him!” Psalm 2:12

God is angry at sin. Sin has destroyed the perfect world that God created and deeply wounded the human race. God created people to commune with him, yet sin prevents or severely inhibits our closeness with him. 

Most of the problems in our world are caused by sin. Even some natural disasters like floods and fires are exacerbated by sin. Sometimes governments have made unwise decisions based on greed or expediency that haven’t protected people’s property or livelihoods. Then, there are the obvious signs of sin – anger, envy, hatred and selfishness, that cause violence, fraud and manipulation. God has always been deeply troubled by the effects of sin. In Genesis, we read, “The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart” (Genesis 6:5-6).
 
On the cross, Jesus solved the sin problem. Now we have hope for the future because the power of sin has been broken and one day we will be removed from the presence of sin. This is the reason for our joy. We aren’t trapped in a broken world forever. One day we will see him face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12 NIV) and we will be able to commune with him as he always intended.