Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
We are REBUKED and CHASTENED.
We feel the rebuke and the chastening of the LORD for a reason and that reason is for our own good. It's painful, it's horrible, it tries us to the bitter end. We feel the pain and agony of our own chastening and we LOVE to blame God for it as if He weren't doing it for our ultimate good.
Pro 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Pro 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
How do we envision the chastening and correction of the LORD? A slap on our wrists? Do we EVER believe it can be something devastating in our lives? Can we accept the corrections when they break our hearts in a million pieces and tries us to the point of almost despairing?
Remember this--
2Sa 12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2Sa 12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
2Sa 12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
2Sa 12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2Sa 12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
2Sa 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
2Sa 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2Sa 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2Sa 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2Sa 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2Sa 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
2Sa 12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
2Sa 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
2Sa 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
2Sa 12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
2Sa 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
2Sa 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2Sa 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
2Sa 12:19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
And this--
Psa 118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
David was chastened sore by the Lord.
The sickness and death of his child.
Doesn't everything inside you want to scream of the unfairness of a child suffering and dying? It's normal for us to feel the pain, the absolute horror and agony of a child being allowed to suffer and die. David knew because Nathan told Him, what was happening with His son. He knew the suffering of his own child was HIS FAULT! He didn't BLAME God! He didn't try to wiggle out of his own guilt! The death of his son was on HIS HEAD!
Now before anyone gets up in arms, I'm not saying the suffering and death of every child is a result of the parents sin, we know that's not how it works. But we also know that GOD knows exceedingly infinitely more than we do and while we look upon the suffering and death of a child as heinous- His mercy may be keeping that child from a future of horror and pain beyond what we can imagine. We just DO NOT know what HE KNOWS!
We do know that we ARE chastened by the LORD.
We do know that David was chastened by the LORD.
We do know that David's son sickened and died and this was all a part of David's chastisement.
David's own life was spared but he was to suffer and continue to suffer under the chastisement given him.
We sin and we are rebuked and chastened by the Lord.
We MUST be ZEALOUS to REPENT!
Does this mean that we won't feel the chastisement we deserve? No, it means that we can still be God's if we choose to accept the chastisement no matter what form it comes in. The chastisement is for our own ultimate good.
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Our chastening will result in us being PARTAKERS of CHRIST'S HOLINESS, CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. We will get understanding of it all one day-
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
We will one day understand.
We have to have faith and understand that we will be chastened and maybe the things we suffer are a result of our being chastened so we learn and trust in God more and more, and maybe they aren't, but we have to understand GOD will NOT do anything that isn't for our good if we LOVE HIM.
Rom_8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
We have to believe!
Satan would have us not believe.
Satan would have us doubt.
Satan would have us hate God because then He's won us and Christ does not get us.
Satan loves when we blame God and stop trusting that somehow some way even the most horrific happenings are for our own good.
Please LORD help us NOT to despise the chastening you allow us to endure. Please LORD help us to TRUST YOU ALWAYS even if we are brought to death, or near death, longing for death as we watch others suffer as a result of our own chastisement. Please LORD… please… our hearts long for YOU, to be YOURS, always YOURS.
Help us, please.
We are REBUKED and CHASTENED.
We feel the rebuke and the chastening of the LORD for a reason and that reason is for our own good. It's painful, it's horrible, it tries us to the bitter end. We feel the pain and agony of our own chastening and we LOVE to blame God for it as if He weren't doing it for our ultimate good.
Pro 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Pro 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
How do we envision the chastening and correction of the LORD? A slap on our wrists? Do we EVER believe it can be something devastating in our lives? Can we accept the corrections when they break our hearts in a million pieces and tries us to the point of almost despairing?
Remember this--
2Sa 12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2Sa 12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
2Sa 12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
2Sa 12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2Sa 12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
2Sa 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
2Sa 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2Sa 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2Sa 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2Sa 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2Sa 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
2Sa 12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
2Sa 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
2Sa 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
2Sa 12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
2Sa 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
2Sa 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2Sa 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
2Sa 12:19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
And this--
Psa 118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
David was chastened sore by the Lord.
The sickness and death of his child.
Doesn't everything inside you want to scream of the unfairness of a child suffering and dying? It's normal for us to feel the pain, the absolute horror and agony of a child being allowed to suffer and die. David knew because Nathan told Him, what was happening with His son. He knew the suffering of his own child was HIS FAULT! He didn't BLAME God! He didn't try to wiggle out of his own guilt! The death of his son was on HIS HEAD!
Now before anyone gets up in arms, I'm not saying the suffering and death of every child is a result of the parents sin, we know that's not how it works. But we also know that GOD knows exceedingly infinitely more than we do and while we look upon the suffering and death of a child as heinous- His mercy may be keeping that child from a future of horror and pain beyond what we can imagine. We just DO NOT know what HE KNOWS!
We do know that we ARE chastened by the LORD.
We do know that David was chastened by the LORD.
We do know that David's son sickened and died and this was all a part of David's chastisement.
David's own life was spared but he was to suffer and continue to suffer under the chastisement given him.
We sin and we are rebuked and chastened by the Lord.
We MUST be ZEALOUS to REPENT!
Does this mean that we won't feel the chastisement we deserve? No, it means that we can still be God's if we choose to accept the chastisement no matter what form it comes in. The chastisement is for our own ultimate good.
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Our chastening will result in us being PARTAKERS of CHRIST'S HOLINESS, CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. We will get understanding of it all one day-
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
We will one day understand.
We have to have faith and understand that we will be chastened and maybe the things we suffer are a result of our being chastened so we learn and trust in God more and more, and maybe they aren't, but we have to understand GOD will NOT do anything that isn't for our good if we LOVE HIM.
Rom_8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
We have to believe!
Satan would have us not believe.
Satan would have us doubt.
Satan would have us hate God because then He's won us and Christ does not get us.
Satan loves when we blame God and stop trusting that somehow some way even the most horrific happenings are for our own good.
Please LORD help us NOT to despise the chastening you allow us to endure. Please LORD help us to TRUST YOU ALWAYS even if we are brought to death, or near death, longing for death as we watch others suffer as a result of our own chastisement. Please LORD… please… our hearts long for YOU, to be YOURS, always YOURS.
Help us, please.
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