Hello Overcomers, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.
I just read Hebrews 12:5-15.......
The skilled surgeon was about to perform a very delicate operation on the ear of his patient when he spoke these reassuring words: "I may hurt you, but I will not injure you."
So too, the Heavenly Father in dealing with us may inflict pain, but we can be confident that whatever He does is for our good. In the course of our discipline, He may find it necessary to use the chastening rod, though it will always be administered in love. His pitying heart will never engage in "child abuse." Tenderly He will give the correction we need. The Scriptures says, "Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them who are execised by it" (Heb.12:11). You see, God has a wonderful plan for the life of every believer, and He designs many different methods of fulfilling it. Seeing only part of that divine blueprint, we ask, "Why this distasteful experience, this jolting financial reversal, this bodily weakness, this trying circumstance?" It's as if we squirm under the specialist's scalpel and cry out, "Stop, stop, you're hurting me!" We fail to realize that the pain is part of the process of removing the diseased area and is necessary if healing is to take place.
Be assured, child of God, that the chastening you are experiecing comes with the Father's care. All His purposes are for your good. He may "hurt" you, but He'll never "injure" you.
Just remember: God's chastening is not cruel but corrective.
This has been an Overcomer's moment. Love you guys........HK
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