by Hazel Straub
Embrace Godly correction and discipline. You are in training for reigning. God sees you as his child and helps you become your best, by training, correcting and instructing you in right living. He deals with those habits and sins that impede your growth. Although it may seem difficult, discipline means you are God’s beloved child. Embrace your discipline not fighting it and wondering why these tough situations happen in your life. You are God’s beloved child!
Hebrews 12:5-11 (The Message)
“In this all-out match against sin, others have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Jesus went through—all that bloodshed! So don’t feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children?
My dear child, don’t shrug off God’s discipline,
but don’t be crushed by it either.
It’s the child he loves that he disciplines;
the child he embraces, he also corrects. (Proverbs 3:11-12)
God is educating you; that’s why you must never drop out. He’s treating you as dear children. This trouble you’re in isn’t punishment; it’s training, the normal experience of children. Only irresponsible parents leave children to fend for themselves. Would you prefer an irresponsible God? We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why not embrace God’s training so we can truly live? While we were children, our parents did what seemed best to them. But God is doing what is best for us, training us to live God’s holy best. At the time, discipline isn’t much fun. It always feels like it’s going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it’s the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.”
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