The Father's Love

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1v2 (KJV)

One of the way in which a father demonstrates his love for his children is by correcting them. A father who delights in his son would usually counsel and correct him (Proverbs 3v12). While we know that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10v31), it is awful when God stops rebuking, reproving you or showing you the way you should go. For it is those that He loves that He rebukes and chastens. We remember David, after he had sinned against the Lord, God sent a prophet to him to let him know he had erred. God loved him enough to let him know. Why would God rebuke or chasten you? So you can do well, you can please Him, meet His standards, and stay on the right path, that we may be partakers of His holiness. When He leaves you to your ways, then be very afraid, for sons are the ones who are chastised. Hebrews 12v8-11 (NIV) says “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as His children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined – and everyone undergoes discipline – then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

Prayer

Father, we thank You for Your Word. We thank You for Your goodness. We thank You for  Your correction and guidance. We pray for the grace and humility to accept them in Jesus name, amen.