Why Is the Discipline of God a Blessing?
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As God’s children, we are to know His Word, and in doing so, we will understand why we receive correction and discipline when it occurs. His children see it for what it truly is in life, and the sanctification it produces in our walk with the Lord is a blessing.
The discipline of the Lord is not pleasant, but it is for our good. We are encouraged in the midst of correction that we belong to God as His child. God is a loving and long-suffering Father, and He is also just.
When we do sin, which we will most assuredly do in this fallen world, we are reminded that we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous (1 John 2:1).
Job 5:17 says, “Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.” We do not equate correction or discipline as a blessing, but it is.
When we meditate on God’s correction in our lives, we must be willing to learn from it and grow in spiritual maturity. We do not sin or error so that God will correct us. We do want to recognize it as a time to grow and learn while glorifying Him in our conduct.
When we face those times of disciplining our children, we can share with them the lessons in our own lives of how God corrects us and leads us into all truth.
It is a process of growth that continues throughout our lives, and we want our children to understand this while also letting them know our love for them and, above all, God’s love for them.
We want to teach them God’s ways and instill in them not to despise His ways, including correction. We see the blessings in following the instructions found in His Word. We know they are for our benefit in being conformed to His image and in glorifying Him.
When we take this approach and understand why God’s discipline is a blessing, it will bring peace into our lives, and we will desire to obey God in word and deed.
Do not lose heart in the moments of correction. Do not lose heart in the rebuke. Rather, ask God to help you by the Holy Spirit in growing in spiritual maturity and ask for His grace in the process of correction.
Thank God for His mercy and His steadfast love. Confess your sins to Him in the process and follow Him in the way everlasting. May He be glorified in every area of our lives, and may we have fruit from the branches in our lives that need pruning.
For further reading:
Why Does God Discipline the One He Loves?
Why Is Spiritual Discipline Important?
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