Beloved, I say to you peace and blessing in the name of the Great and Matchless name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.
Hebrews 12:3-11 (NKJ)
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. 4 You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now 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.
Lord, I thank you for allowing me to be among Your sons and daughters whom you love. You are Abba Father...
My daughter told me a few weeks ago that no matter how hard she tries to do her very best...to be on her best behavior and to get the very best grades...I yell at her. Wow, what a blow to my heart that was...I thought to myself...am I too hard on her? Do I want a 'perfect' child, are my expectations of her unrealistic? How could this happen? What was I thinking...and all at once, I began to see myself and the relationship that I have with my Daddy...He showed me that at this age, at this very time in my life...I too have thought the same things of Him...WOW! Then I began to see how I would feel as though nothing I did was right, I would second guess myself, I would not say anything, I would not do anything, because...when Daddy rebukes...man oh man...it isn't fun...BUT each and everytime...I would say Daddy (if you haven't caught on yet, I call Him, Daddy at times...He is my Father...Abba Father...)you know what's best for me...if you don't teach me, how then will I learn? Being transparent, I would say the very same thing to Him, I can't be perfect, but He has shown me that just as I see this world around us, the continued growing force of darkness, I want my child so well equipped to the best of MY ability that if I should leave this earth today...she has a sure and permanent foundation...in the same manner, He wants the same for us...I have since told her that I want the absolute best for her and when I see her do something, say thing, etc., that is out of character...I must say something...simply because I love her...I began to explain to her that because of the love that I have for her...I can't stand by and watch...parents who say nothing...care nothing...It's the same with Daddy... He desires that while we are yet here and He has not come back physically, we need to have a sure and permanent foundation! God's Word says to train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he shall not depart from it...well Beloved, we are yet children of Abba Father, He is teaching us, He is molding us...so that when the world grows even more dismal (the onset of the Kingdom coming to earth) we will know how to remain strong and faithful to what He has taught us...when we were yet in the world, our father then (satan) NEVER rebuked us...he didn't love us...he let us run rampid. But Abba Father...He loves us deeply...so today Beloved, I encourage you to receive the Holy rebuke, take notes, learn and grow...
For child of Abba Father...let there be...NO ROD SPARED HERE!
