None of us really LIKES to be corrected, but when the One doing the correcting is the Lord Himself, it is in our very best interest to heed this correction! Look at these verses:
Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty: KJV
Prov 3:11-12 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of His correction: 12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father the son in whom He delights. KJV
Heb 12:5-7 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of Him: 6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not? KJV
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. KJV
Psalm 93 today addresses the wicked and those who follow the Lord! Verses 1-7 show God's people calling out for vengeance, which belongs to God alone (Romans 12:19), against evil doers and those who despise the correction of the Lord!
1 O LORD God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! 2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation. 3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. 5 They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. 7 Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.
Have you encountered people with this attitude? I have! Here, in verses 8-11, is a response to people who may think this way!!
8 Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? 9 He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10 He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? 11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile--only a breath).
Here is our promise IF we welcome and heed the correction of the Lord! Verses 12-15:
12 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, 13 That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. 15 For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
AMEN! Trust confidently in God to watch over you as you obey Him, and leave the rest in His very capable hands! Here is Hillsong Live with "You Never Fail":
Shalom in Him!
