Whoever
loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs
12:1
The biggest difference between a child of God and one who
is of this world is how we handle discipline… There are those who desire to
retaliate and refuse discipline while others are more focused on embracing and
learning from the errors of their ways… The last concept of handling discipline
is how a Christian must think when they are faced with disciplinary measures as
Solomon tells us that whoever loves discipline
loves knowledge… This is not to say or suggest that you will be smiling
when you are corrected, but that you will love the correction because you know that
this will make you a better person and strong individual when faced with a
similar challenge… This reason alone is why we must learn to love discipline… We
must remember that God desires nothing but the best for us and from us; this
means that the discipline that you endure will promote the desires of God in
you so that you can become the very thing which He designed you to be… We all
have a lot of growing and maturing to do in the will of God and the growing
pains we experience as we move toward is will are never promised to be easy to
endure or to persevere through… The writer of Hebrews declares in the 12th
chapter this very thing when he says “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.” Don’t
focus on the discipline that you are subject to, learn to seek the message
which is being conveyed through the times of struggle which you face… This is
why the writer says that the one who loves
discipline loves knowledge… You are seeking to understand why you face the
corrective measures, you are seeking to learn from your mistakes which will provide
a sturdy platform for your development and growth… The one who doesn’t seek to
understand is the one who is destine to repeat the same process without growing
or coming out better than he/she went in which is why the writer concludes by
saying, whoever hates correction is
stupid… God is correcting because God is caring, when you hate the things which
God is trying to teach and show you, you are simply declaring you ignorance the
severity of the situation and therefore can be classified as being stupid… God
would not waste His time disciplining you if the matter was not of the highest
priority… God is trying to transform and
redefine your purpose here on earth; to miss this obvious point is to walk this
earth without vision and purpose which again is just stupid… Today, learn
to embrace the correction which God has sent your way, this may be the very
thing which will lead to saving your life or losing it if you decide to ignore
the message being sent…
BE BLESSED!!!
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