Foundations Jan 5, 2011

Wednesday, January 5, 2011
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Daniel 10-12 and 2 John

SCRIPTURE READING

Proverbs 3:12 “For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights” (NKJV)
 

God is so committed to us that He is determined to remove all the things in our lives that
hinder love. There is a huge problem Western churches today with sins such as immorality.
This creates the necessity for God’s correction. Many people confuse God’s correction
as rejection, but there is no rejection in God’s discipline. He disciplines us because of His
passionate and jealous love for us. He will not allow anything to continue in our lives that
hinders the development of our love for Him. So, because He delights in us, He disciplines
us. This flows out of His passion for us, not His rejection of us.

PRAYER and MEDITATION

1. Ask God if there have been times when you have misinterpreted his correction as
    rejection. Ask Him to show you a specific example.
2. Ask God to show you the truth of what He was doing in that circumstance. How was His
    correction actually Him showing His loving kindness to you?
3. Write a prayer thanking God that He wants to remove everything that hinders our
    relationship with Him so that we can experience His fullness.