Child Chastisement Not Forever

[Christ4Ever]

And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. (1 Kings 11:39)​

In the family of grace there is discipline, and that discipline is severe enough to make it an evil and a bitter thing to sin. Solomon, turned aside by his foreign wives, had set up other gods and grievously provoked the God of his father; therefore, ten parts out of twelve of the kingdom were rent away and set up as a rival state. This was a sore affliction to the house of David, and it came upon that dynasty distinctly from the hand of God, as the result of unholy conduct. The Lord will chasten His best beloved servants if they cease from full obedience to His laws: perhaps at this very hour such chastening is upon us. Let us humbly cry, “O Lord, show me wherefore thou contendest with me.”

What a sweet saving clause is that—”but not for ever”! The punishment of sin is everlasting, but the fatherly chastisement of it in a child of God is but for a season. The sickness, the poverty, the depression of spirit, will pass away when they have had their intended effect. Remember, we are not under law but under grace, The rod may make us smart, but the sword shall not make us die. Our present grief is meant to bring us to repentance that we may not be destroyed with the wicked.

Charles Spurgeon

Amen!

 

[B-A-C]

I think sometimes we pray asking for God to change our circumstances before we realize He is the one who put us in these circumstances to change us.

 

[Christ4Ever]

So true brother!

One can also see that a child chaffs at the circumstances they find themselves in. Especially when they don't understand or see the need for the correction. The latter doesn't normally occur without the child submitting to the greater authority.

How difficult it is for us to submit!!!! Even when we know it's out of love for us that we find ourselves placed in these very same situations!!

Thanks for sharing brother.
With love.
YBIC
C4E
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