“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.” - Deuteronomy 8v5
Nobody likes chastening at the moment. No child likes being chastened or disciplined while the chastening is taking place. Here God tells His people that God will chasten His people the same way that a father chastens his children. The purpose of chastening, as opposed to punishment, is to alter a course and is based on loving guidance.
Of course this reminds us of Hebrews chapter 12. God tells us here that we are not to despise chastening and that while it is not “joyous for the moment,” afterwards it “yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness.” We can also take comfort from the fact that whereas human fathers can make mistakes in discipline, God is never wrong when He chastens us. His chastening is ALWAYS for our good.
Remember that God always chastens for good. It is an act of His love. Let us not despise it, but rejoice that He loves us enough to chasten us.
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