Scriptures: If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons. (Hebrews 12:7)
Why must I suffer disappointment, sorrow, and tribulation? What have I done that God should send me trials? Is He displeased with me? These questions are constantly asked by God’s dear children.
Much of this fear and questioning is due to our misunderstanding of God’s dealings with His own. He has His good reasons. And one of those reasons is for our spiritual discipline. We should be far more afraid of being left alone than of God’s chastening, for He wastes no time on worthless objects that give no promise of promise of fruitfulness.
On the shores of Lake Michigan are great barren sand dunes that never felt the point of a plow. But in the rich lowlands beyond them, the farmer is constantly cultivating the soil. The farmer knows what he is doing, do he keeps on braking up the soil. The deeper the plow works and the more the sharp harrow, the more precious the crop will be when harvest time comes.
God’s plow goes deep, but it is only that in the end we may forget the plowing and rejoice in the blessing of bearing much fruit for Him. “No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrews 12:11)
When blades of distress cut deep in the soul,
Breaking up ground that was untouched before,
The Lord is preparing soil to bear fruit
Fit for the harvest to feed many more. – Hess
(From Our Daily Bread On-line Daily Devotion, April 7, 2008 – Written by M.R. De Haan)
Prayer Requests:
All sunshine and no rain makes desert
Prayer:
Why must I suffer disappointment, sorrow, and tribulation? What have I done that God should send me trials? Is He displeased with me? These questions are constantly asked by God’s dear children.
Much of this fear and questioning is due to our misunderstanding of God’s dealings with His own. He has His good reasons. And one of those reasons is for our spiritual discipline. We should be far more afraid of being left alone than of God’s chastening, for He wastes no time on worthless objects that give no promise of promise of fruitfulness.
On the shores of Lake Michigan are great barren sand dunes that never felt the point of a plow. But in the rich lowlands beyond them, the farmer is constantly cultivating the soil. The farmer knows what he is doing, do he keeps on braking up the soil. The deeper the plow works and the more the sharp harrow, the more precious the crop will be when harvest time comes.
God’s plow goes deep, but it is only that in the end we may forget the plowing and rejoice in the blessing of bearing much fruit for Him. “No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrews 12:11)
When blades of distress cut deep in the soul,
Breaking up ground that was untouched before,
The Lord is preparing soil to bear fruit
Fit for the harvest to feed many more. – Hess
(From Our Daily Bread On-line Daily Devotion, April 7, 2008 – Written by M.R. De Haan)
Prayer Requests:
All sunshine and no rain makes desert
Prayer:
Our loving Father, thank You for love of salvation. More than that, thank You for Your love that continue to build us up, even if we have to be rebuked and chastened. Thank You for Your undying love, a commitment we can count on for eternity. In the precious name of our Lord Jesus we pray, Amen!
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