Date: Friday, 16th August, 2024
Text: Hebrews 12:4-11
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Little children generally trust their parents. At a very young age they strongly believe that whatever their parents say must be correct and true. In fact, they even believe their parents can do all things and can afford anything.
They are tender-hearted and very teachable; that is why a child can learn multiple languages at the same time while he is still very little. Correction is easier when a child is still little; he accepts it with love and adjusts accordingly.
Lessons taught to little children stay with them for a long time; in fact, most times it stays with them for the rest of their lives. This why the word of God says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
God is looking for souls that will trust in Him like little children trust their parents. The Lord is in search of people that will be open to divine correction and discipline without taking offense.
Most people are very difficult to correct. Even when they know they have done the wrong thing; their ego and arrogance will not allow them to own up .They resist chastisement and scorn rebuke. They see whoever is correcting them as their enemy.
But the word of God says, “He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” Proverbs 29:1
The Bible also says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” Hebrews 12: 5b-6
Can we humble ourselves and be like little children?
Prayer Nugget: I reject every heart that resists divine chastisement in Jesus name. I ask for a humble and teachable spirit in Jesus name.