12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.
I love this verse.
God disciplines the ones that He loves – so when I get into trouble
and I feel God guiding me back, it’s just another reminder that I am
loved. If God didn’t care about us, He
would allow us to ruin ourselves into oblivion.
God doesn’t want us to be separated from His love – so His correction is
not God being mean –it’s God’s way to bring us closer to Him.
God loves us so much He wants us to be close to Him. How is that not the greatest thing you have
ever heard?!
Just like any good parent, God knows that we have to make our own
decisions, but there has to be some protection and redirection from time to
time.
As any good child – we should be delighting in the fact that we have a
Father who loves us enough to want to discipline us. We need to remember that it is a blessing
that the God we serve is involved in our lives and not lazy or board with
creation.
