How good are you at receiving correction? I’m not the best at it, but I know it’s a necessary step in my growth. When God corrects us, it can be painful, but how we respond to it says a lot about our heart. Does pride rise up and push back, or does humility rise up and accept it in love? God doesn’t correct us as a judge would a criminal. He does it the way a parent would correct their child would because they want the best for their child. God has our best interest in mind when He corrects us. He wants to grow us, to have us grow more fruit and to reproduce fruit in others. Don’t turn away from God’s correction. Instead, see it as a gift that He sees greater potential in you and is drawing it out.
Here are some Bible verses on receiving God’s correction:
1. Our parents corrected us for the short time of our childhood as it seemed good to them. But God corrects us throughout our lives for our own good, giving us an invitation to share his holiness.
Hebrews 12:10 TPT
2. My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.
Proverbs 3:11-12 NLT
3. All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage].
2 Timothy 3:16 AMP
4. Stubborn people who repeatedly refuse to accept correction will suddenly be broken and never recover.
Proverbs 29:1 TPT
5. If you pay attention when you are corrected, you are wise.
Proverbs 15:31 GNT
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 