I Hope You are Being Disciplined!

Today I read in Hebrews chapter 12, verses 7-8...

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

I hope that you are in the process of being disciplined in some way by your heavenly Father. If not, you may not be His child. We often become angry, bitter, or full of accusation, and run away from God when enduring this discipline... when in fact, it should cause us to RECOGNIZE we are His children, REJOICE in it, and RUN even MORE into His arms! 

The real danger is if you feel no discipline from Him at all and begin to justify your sinful actions. If this is the case for you, then you need another shift from your thoughts about sin to His thoughts about sin... a true repentance that leads to an altered heart and altered actions. 

REJOICE in His discipline... child of God!