DISCIPLINE AND LOVE OF THE FATHER

My heart remembered my father today and this particular event that made me remember was when I was about 14 years old . You know in Africa we beat the child if he or she behaves silly when he or she has come to the age of accountability mostly the son's In this particular event I was growing up to be very naughty and my dad ask the grown ones to get hold of me and I was spanked so badly I questioned my father if he was my real father? that if he was, he wouldn't dealt with me the way he did. How many times have we questioned God? for allowing us to go through the pains and troubles we go through?. I know many of us have done that just like I did when I was 14 years old. For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.” Hebrew 12:6. Scourges means to flog or whip to punish severely, not out of hate but love so that correction will be made. Later in life I formed a bound with my father that I still missed till this day because I grew found him and I could talk him not out fear but out of love. My father too grew older to understand who I was and how I was created to be and that friendship made him to be the first to ask me Are you ready to give your life to Jesus? in 1991. For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights Proverb 3:12 Don't run away because God is correcting you, he wants you to have a life filled with discipline so you can have self control and be a true follower of God, he wants to use you for his glory. Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law, Psalm 94:12 Look at the children who are not properly brought up or properly disciplined you see the attitude is very clear I see those a lot, no respect for the elderly no feelings of guilt when you talked to them over a wrong doing. Finally I leave you with illustration of the prodigal son who was a spoilt brat, who wanted to get his inheritance while is father is still alive that summons up most of us and how we are, until something happens to us, something drastic like what happened to prodigal son. Read Luke 15:11-32 And I know as you reas the book of Luke 15:11-32 God will open up your eyes to more understanding of the parable of Jesus which actually summons up our work and walk with the father showing Gods unconditional love for us. see you in my next write up, like I always say I love you but God loves you more , Keep standing for Jesus. 4 Comments