Is God Dealing with You?

You must submit to and endure [correction] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not [thus] train and correct and discipline?
—Hebrews 12:7

The Bible teaches us about God's chastisement. (Hebrews 12:8 KJV.) The word chastisement means correction. Like any good father, God corrects His children because He loves them.

Many people get discouraged when God deals with them. As soon as He shows them their faults, they become anxious, worried, and upset.

We should rejoice when God shows us our faults and cheerfully submit to His correction. We should get in agreement with Him.

The Holy Spirit brings conviction; the devil wants to take the conviction and turn it into condemnation (guilt). God doesn't want us to feel condemned when He shows us our faults. He wants us to agree with Him. He wants us to face truth because it is truth that will set us free. (John 8:32.) When we face truth, God is right there, ready to give us mercy.

When God corrects you, don't come under condemnation. Correction is a fact of life. It is a continuous process that goes on all the time in the life of the believer.

Allow God to have His way in your life. Be glad when He corrects you. The correction is making you better.


Do This:
Rejoice when God corrects you and cheerfully submit to Him. Be quick to get in agreement with Him and quick to change.

For me talking is very tiring and its a lot easier to show love than speak. Its something that I do have to work on and thru Gods grace it will come about, but if im honest apart from a few people the desire isnt 100% there. There is one person where its incredibly difficult, and God is moving, but the time its taking is very frustrating and difficult at times Its just having patience.

Read in a book called "If you want to walk on the water you've got to get out the boat" that if you arent being challenged in some way in life then something isnt right in your relationship with God. I think thats true. We're never to be confortable in God, we should always be being called to enlarge our comfort zones.

God bless,

Matthew