Uganda IBS 16 - discipline is to disciple
Proverbs 3:12
"For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
For every new believer there comes the time where God begins to cut things out of our lives which at first being the prideful and stubborn humans we are, isn't always a pleasant process. Proverbs gives this sort saying to us about God's love and with that love is discipline just as loving father raises a son. A loving father will discipline his son with thorough correction part of which is setting boundaries. By setting boundaries the father can protect the son from things he doesn't fully understand because he loves his son. For example, children are tought not to play in the street and to be cautions around street traffic which is something children don't fully acknowledge the danger of but when they grow older they understand. God is the same way with us, he corrects us when we're to close to danger because he can see the danger clearly when we do not. God sets boundaries for the things that might have been in our lives before being born again. Even when we don't see the harm he does and that's where the correction can become unpleasant but we have to trust him. It simply comes to that! We can't understand but because we know our Father loves us and He wants the best for us we have to trust Him when he disciplines us. At that point we have to become the child and let go and let God. In apply this I will recount the discipline I've received during this trip and I will be greatful today because it's a sure sign that my Lord loves me and that He disciplines to disciple.
"For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
For every new believer there comes the time where God begins to cut things out of our lives which at first being the prideful and stubborn humans we are, isn't always a pleasant process. Proverbs gives this sort saying to us about God's love and with that love is discipline just as loving father raises a son. A loving father will discipline his son with thorough correction part of which is setting boundaries. By setting boundaries the father can protect the son from things he doesn't fully understand because he loves his son. For example, children are tought not to play in the street and to be cautions around street traffic which is something children don't fully acknowledge the danger of but when they grow older they understand. God is the same way with us, he corrects us when we're to close to danger because he can see the danger clearly when we do not. God sets boundaries for the things that might have been in our lives before being born again. Even when we don't see the harm he does and that's where the correction can become unpleasant but we have to trust him. It simply comes to that! We can't understand but because we know our Father loves us and He wants the best for us we have to trust Him when he disciplines us. At that point we have to become the child and let go and let God. In apply this I will recount the discipline I've received during this trip and I will be greatful today because it's a sure sign that my Lord loves me and that He disciplines to disciple.
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