God, our perfect Father, perfectly disciplines His children.
Christ took our deserved punishment so we, His followers, are not punished, but are disciplined in order to make us into the image of Christ.
Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.(Deuteronomy 8:5)
My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lordor loathe His reproof, for whom theLord loves He reproves, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.(Proverbs 3:11–12)
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.(Revelation 3:19)
His Discipline
He disciplines us to correct our sinful ways, to prevent us from going astray, to educate us about His ways.
God knows everything, so He is never wrong.
Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalm 44:21)
Even before there is a word on my tongue, behold, O Lord, You know it all. (Psalm 139:4)
God loves us with an everlasting love, and He always disciplines from love.
God perfectly knows everything from eternity to eternity, and has plans for us, so He disciplines us for our good.
He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. (Hebrews 12:10)
Afterwards [discipline] yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. (Hebrews 12:11)
Our responsibility
We are not to despise His discipline.
We are to repent when His discipline shows us our errors.
We are to determine to follow Him more closely.
We are to listen to what He is saying to us.
Blessings Ahead
His discipline leads to righteousness, to sharing His holiness.
Rejoice that God loves us so much He disciplines us.
Father, thank You that You love me so much You don’t leave me in the muck, but discipline me to avoid sinful paths, to determine to walk in Your righteous way. Help me listen to You, and repent as You show me. Thank You that You are leading me in the everlasting way.
