Loving Discipline

 Proverbs 1-3; Romans 7 

“My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”

Proverbs 3:11, 12

Many people today have not grown up in families that practiced loving discipline. They are surprised to read that God disciplines those he loves, and it hurts. Instead of thanking God for his discipline and repenting for their sin, they resent God’s rebuke and despise the Lord’s discipline. They blame God, rather than thanking him. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11 that our unwillingness to examine ourselves before we take communion is the reason some are sick and others are asleep. Those who live in covenant with God are loved too much by God for him to not discipline.

Will we thank him today for his loving discipline in our lives?

“Lord Jesus, thank you that you learned obedience by what you suffered. I pray for grace to learn the same way, for your glory.”