The Daily Guide
God's a good father
No true son ever grows up uncorrected by his father. For if you had no experience of the correction which all sons have to bear you might well doubt the legitimacy of your sonship.
Hebrews 12:7-9 - J.B.Phillips translation
God as a good father wants to guide you in the right way of being, acting and thinking. King David wisely prayed, "Investigate my life, O God, and see for yourself whether I've done anything wrong then guide me." Your Heavenly Father is pleased to help you get your life on the track to be in the way of blessing. Psa.139:23-24.
God's fatherhood is like that known in days when a son grew up in the craft or the trade that his father practiced. In those times the father apprenticed the son with correction so that he might grow up, take over the business and continue to prosper in it. Like such fathers God wants to make the most of every day of his relationship with you. He wants to minister instruction to you that corrects you. I suggest there's a problem if you are not experiencing any such corrective process in your life as a child of God! It suggests you aren't responding to the Father as a son or as a daughter should.
It can be a painful experience this accepting that you've got it wrong. The discomfort of the experience is worth it. Accept it, go through it and there will be a harvest of peace for you. Respond to God's correction! Make the changes needed and the peace of Jesus Christ will come on your life in power. Get on the right track, His track, and it will lead you into His plans to prosper you and to give you hope and a future. Heb.12:11.
May a harvest of peace by yours
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