Shalom,

Today I want to share the devotional from our Spoken Word Church website. This is a very important message that will make all the difference in our maturing in the things of God!

Endure Correction

Wisdom begins with correction. Errors must be exposed. Mistakes must be admitted. Think back over your life. Think of the person who taught you the most. He was probably the one who corrected you the most.

Hell is full of people who rejected correction. Heaven is full of people who accepted it.

"For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Hebrews 12:6)

"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. (Hebrews 12:11)

There is not one born again believer who has gone from the moment of the New Birth and never missed it again! We all have made fleshly errors because, though we no longer have the old sin nature, we still have the nature of the flesh to deal with! We WILL until that moment that we are in the presence of JESUS. John 1:32 tells us this:

Beloved, we are [even here and] now God’s children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God’s children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is.

So, since we know that we will still miss it on occasion, hopefully less and less in the same areas, we need to know how to deal with ourselves! NOT in condemnation! Romans 8:1-2 tells us this:

1 Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.

Our missing it once we are new creatures in Christ, members of His family and of the Church of JESUS Christ, will NEVER affect our RELATIONSHIP with Him! It can, however, affect our intimate fellowship with Him if we don't receive the correction that the Word of God, by the Spirit of God, gives us! Never be afraid of the correction of God. He ALWAYS corrects BY His Word and in perfect LOVE! The correction is because He LOVES us too much to allow us to continue to hurt ourselves by our disobedience. So, look forward to the little daily adjustments that we will see to make, and then as quickly as possible, repent of sin and move on IN HIM again! AMEN! We are, of all people, MOST BLESSED! We have all of the resources of Heaven available to us to 'get it right'! Then we will be a bright light to those around us and a beacon of hope in a very dark world! Thank You, JESUS! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Future Marches In":

Shalom in Him!