sokin's devotional 43 - hardship for our good
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith...
...but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."
Hebrews 12:1, 2, 10, 11
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We can view some of our hardships in life as God's discipline. Just as a father disciplines his son, so does God discipline us because we are sons.
Discipline, therefore, is hard.
But we must remember that our hardships are ultimately for our good. God is not a vindictive God who casts us out to dry because we are so bad. No, we are far worse than we will ever think or know, but yet He chose to forgive us through the blood of Jesus - which is why we are called to "run with perseverance, fixing our eyes on Jesus who is the author and perfecter of our faith.
So keep at it!
Run from the sin that entangles us and run fixing yoru gaze on Jesus.
Trust that it will produce a "harvest of righteousness and peace" in the end. Our hardships are not in vain.
Your hardships are not in vain.
...but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it."
Hebrews 12:1, 2, 10, 11
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We can view some of our hardships in life as God's discipline. Just as a father disciplines his son, so does God discipline us because we are sons.
Discipline, therefore, is hard.
But we must remember that our hardships are ultimately for our good. God is not a vindictive God who casts us out to dry because we are so bad. No, we are far worse than we will ever think or know, but yet He chose to forgive us through the blood of Jesus - which is why we are called to "run with perseverance, fixing our eyes on Jesus who is the author and perfecter of our faith.
So keep at it!
Run from the sin that entangles us and run fixing yoru gaze on Jesus.
Trust that it will produce a "harvest of righteousness and peace" in the end. Our hardships are not in vain.
Your hardships are not in vain.
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