The Blessing of God’s Discipline – Psalm 94:12
None of us particularly enjoy discipline. Yet, as the psalmist says, the one God disciplines is blessed. He is working for our good.
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
None of us particularly enjoy discipline. Yet, as the psalmist says, the one God disciplines is blessed. He is working for our good.
In the beatitudes Jesus identifies 8 or 9 people who are blessed. The world does not appreciate them. But the Kingdom of God is theirs.
We have been richly blessed spiritually when we are in Christ. In particular, we have been chosen to be seen as holy and blameless by God.
Blessed are the peacemakers. those who seek resolution to the the things that divide us rather than further fanning the flames that drive us apart.