Consider The Afterward 1
Hebrews 12:11 – Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Heirs of God, I bring you Jehovah’s greetings of peace and joy. Life is a school and by virtue of our faith (belief) we are in the school where Jehovah is the Proprietor, Jesus Christ is the Principal and the Holy Spirit is the Proctor. We as God’s students turned sons can’t be left without His chastisement when we do wrong.
When humans are chastised, there arise pains and sadness but the acceptance of the chastisement by the chastised human makes him or her to not repeat the reason for his or her chastisement. To be frank, God’s chastisement is never for evil but for our own benefits.
For Christians to accept God’s chastisement, he or she has to look beyond the chastisement and firstly know why he or she is being chastised. After chastisement comes the peaceable fruit of righteousness. That is to say, that chastisement brings peaceful right living (not right living by force).
Beloved, know that your Father and my Father, Jehovah loves us and wants the best for us. Hence, He will never spare the rod and let us spoil, rather, He will spoil the rod through chastened and spare us.
God’s chosen and royalty, forget the present pains and grieves but look at the afterward. Look at the crown and reward of peaceable righteousness ahead of you. Just look ahead and you will gladly accept God’s chastisement, be it for our misdeeds or for our training. Shalom!
Prayer – O Jehovah the just God, give me the heart to always accept your chastisement. Grant me the grace to always look ahead of the present. Open my spiritual eyes and my inner eyes to always see the good rewards ahead of my walk with you.
Hebrews 12:11 – Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Heirs of God, I bring you Jehovah’s greetings of peace and joy. Life is a school and by virtue of our faith (belief) we are in the school where Jehovah is the Proprietor, Jesus Christ is the Principal and the Holy Spirit is the Proctor. We as God’s students turned sons can’t be left without His chastisement when we do wrong.
When humans are chastised, there arise pains and sadness but the acceptance of the chastisement by the chastised human makes him or her to not repeat the reason for his or her chastisement. To be frank, God’s chastisement is never for evil but for our own benefits.
For Christians to accept God’s chastisement, he or she has to look beyond the chastisement and firstly know why he or she is being chastised. After chastisement comes the peaceable fruit of righteousness. That is to say, that chastisement brings peaceful right living (not right living by force).
Beloved, know that your Father and my Father, Jehovah loves us and wants the best for us. Hence, He will never spare the rod and let us spoil, rather, He will spoil the rod through chastened and spare us.
God’s chosen and royalty, forget the present pains and grieves but look at the afterward. Look at the crown and reward of peaceable righteousness ahead of you. Just look ahead and you will gladly accept God’s chastisement, be it for our misdeeds or for our training. Shalom!
Prayer – O Jehovah the just God, give me the heart to always accept your chastisement. Grant me the grace to always look ahead of the present. Open my spiritual eyes and my inner eyes to always see the good rewards ahead of my walk with you.
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