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Correction
“My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of His correction” (Proverbs 3:11).
Naturally speaking, none of us likes correction. It hurts our pride to be told that we are wrong or to experience some form of discipline. However, just as it is a necessary part of child training in our earthly families, so it is in the family of God. “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth” (Hebrews 12:6). In other words, He loves us too much to let us go our own way. That’s why we are told not to despise His chastening. It is always for our blessing.
“Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness” (Hebrews 12:9-10).
A child who learns from correction is a happy child. If we learn from the Lord’s correction we will live happy, fruitful, Christian lives.
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