Ouch!
Recently…I have been hearing some hard words from the Lord’s gentle, but firm voice…
“No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening--it's painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.”
Hebrews 12:11
Yes…He is saying some difficult things to me…about me…because He loves...me. If you read the context of the passage above, the writer of the Book of Hebrews explains this further…
Still, it is hard to hear…these words from His lips…yet…my joy in Jesus is returning. You know, the kind of happiness not based on sweet circumstances, but the joy of freedom from some junk that was starting to take over my life. I’d wondered where my joy in the river of the Holy Spirit had gone. So…
Don’t be afraid to hear and face some stuff…it is the release of selfishness, self-centeredness, self-will, self-righteousness…all the self stuff. At least that is what it is for me…but He promises to replace these broken, rebellious parts, with the
best self of all…Himself.
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