whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth
(Hebrews 12:5,6). Godly discipline is worth
more than all the silver and gold in the world.
The Lord and the Holy Spirit use divine correction
to keep you in the place they want you
to be. There may be times when you wake up,
and something just doesn’t feel right. It is time
for you to get quiet with the Lord and find out
why. He may be trying to tell you that you
need to pray more, study the Word more
or give more time to Him. That
is the chastening of the Holy
Spirit; and if you yield
to it, that uneasy spirit
will leave you, and
the love of God
will flow.
Discipline is
never enjoyable,
but it is
necessary.
Now no
chastening
for the
present seemeth
to be
joyous, but
grievous:
nevertheless
afterward it
yieldeth the
peaceable fruit
of righteousness
unto them which
are exercised thereby
(Hebrews 12:11). Don’t get
upset when the Holy Ghost or
someone God has placed in your life
disciplines you. Instead, be glad the Lord loves
you enough to show you the right way and
know it is for your good.
If you ignore the reproof of the Holy Ghost,
God will let you go your own way. Then
you will be headed for trouble
because the compass of self and
the devil will always point you
in the wrong direction. O
LORD, I know that the way
of man is not in himself:
The Lord sent the Holy Ghost to Earth to
lead us into all truth. Howbeit when he, the
Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you
into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall
he speak: and he will shew you things to
come (John 16:13). We are led into all truth
through the rod and reproof of the Holy Spirit,
and He will never compromise that truth.
The Lord warned me that the discipline of the
Holy Spirit would be very strict in the
last hour, and that hour is now.
How you respond to that
discipline will determine
your success or failure
in the Lord.
When a child
grows up
receiving little
or no discipline,
he will
cause trouble
and bring
shame to
his parents.
The rod
and reproof
give wisdom:
but
a child left
to himself
bringeth his
mother to
shame (Proverbs
29:15). In the same
way, if the Holy Ghost
can’t discipline children
of God, they will bring shame
to the Father in Heaven. Poverty
and shame shall be to him that refuseth
instruction: but he that regardeth reproof
shall be honoured (Proverbs 13:18).
Yield to the Spirit
You must not despise the reproof of
the Holy Ghost; you must appreciate
it. Despise not thou the chastening
of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of him: For
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