Discipline

Hello all,

I wanted to share something with you guys that I feel the Lord has been ministering to me a bit this week.

"Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? 'My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.'"
(Heb 12:3-6)

This week, I feel that the Lord has been showing me some sin in my life that is not yet put to death completely, and I trust that He will continue doing this in all of us who seek Him for the rest of our lives. I just wanted to encourage any of you who may be experiencing the same. It is a difficult thing to be shown just where it is that we are less than perfect and to be made aware of where we are at fault just as the author of Hebrews writes, "for the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." (Hebrews 12:11) So, when we are convicted of our sins, take heart that it is the Lord disciplining us that we might yield the peaceful fruit of righteousness, to be made to better resemble our savior and to better worship him. The discipline we receive from Him is a demonstration of His love and grace at work in our lives.

I want to encourage you guys as we fight to put our sins to death to look to the cross and be reminded of his grace and how much he suffered that we might be reconciled to God and begin this process of sanctification.

Love you guys,
In Christ,
MTL