Devotion
for Wednesday July 30, 2019
Topic:
When God Chastises Us
Text:
Job 5:17 – Behold, happy is the man whom
God corrects; therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
The Greek word ‘paidedeia’ was translated chastening
meaning disciplinary correction.
There are blessings in God’s chastening us. This sentence looks paradoxical but
that is the truth some may not accept but there are benefits from God’s
chastening.
God turns His heart towards us
when He corrects us but His heart turns from the wicked when He punishes them.
His corrections are not sent to take away our comforts but to take away our
corruptions.
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Again, corrections are not
manifestations of wrath, but an evidence of His love. If God reproves a person
and same responds rightly, then God will deliver that individual from all
adversity and trouble.
The chastening of God is a
sign that we are God’s children and an assurance of God’s love and concern for
us (Hebrews 12:6 – 8).
Our happiness as Christians
does not consist in our outward comforts; in riches, in health, in honour, in
civil liberty or human relationship. Rather, our happiness consists in our relationship with God and in union with
Jesus Christ.
God chastises us so that we
might not be finally condemned with the world (1 Corinthians 11:31 – 32) and
that we might share His Holiness, living sanctified lives without which we will
never see the Lord (Hebrews 12:10 – 11, 14). How do you respond to God’s
chastening?
Food
for Thought:
Absolute trust in God sustains us in trials and in due time, it secures certain,
full and eternal deliverance.
Memory
verse:
Hebrews 12:6 - For whom the Lord loves He
chastens and scourges every son whom He receives.
Prayer: Almighty God, grant me the
grace to look out for the benefits in chastening me and not minding its pain, discomfort
and inconveniences.
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