I love Discipline
Proverbs 12
As we see that these Proverbs are phrases that can be themed together. Today I would like to look at one verse, the first one. It says, “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is stupid.”
Do you Love Discipline?
I think this is a hard thing to do, to love discipline. I mean usually when one gets disciplined it is to be corrected of a fault. That means your pride has to be swallowed and you have to allow yourself to be corrected. That also means you have to admit you are not perfect and were wrong. When I was a teenager, I hated being disciplined. I thought it was the worst thing in the world. But you know it is love being shown when one is disciplined. Hebrews 12:6 says, “For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children. Just like God who disciplines us spiritually our parents are commanded to discipline us because they love us. My parents disciplined me because they love me not because they wanted to make my life miserable.
Adah is now 7 months old and she is starting to roll over a lot. It has become a little problem when we try to change her on her changing table. The reason is because she could roll off and get hurt. We do not want her to get hurt because we love her. We have to teach her not to roll over when we are changing her. She does not like that very much. The reason why we do it is because we love her. The same is with the Father. He disciplines us spiritually (allowing us to get caught in sin) because he wants us to be a better Christian. Parents discipline you so you could be a better person.
Proverbs 13:24 says, “Whoever spars the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.” When we get into trouble and are disciplined it is love being shown in a way that we may not quite understand at that moment. When I was 13, I did not quite see the love being displayed as I was disciplined but now being 26 I can totally see it. I challenge you to learn to love discipline. Know your parents do it because they love, if they did not love you they would not care about what you did. Be thankful for the discipline and love it.
