Tuesday,
May 12, 2026
Prov
3:11-12
11 My son, despise not the chastening of
the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the
son in whom he delighteth.
Heb
12:6
6 For whom the Lord loveth he
chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
I once observed a grandmother
with an infant
grandson. The only way to describe the look on her face was pure delight. She delighted in this
grandson. She took note of all his features from his tiny fingers to his little
bald spot where the hair had been worn away in the crib. My wife says that the
first thing a new mother does is to count fingers and toes. The eye can hardly
get enough of the tiny life in her arms.
In the same way, God delights
in us. This
is in stark contrast to what we generally think when God is trying to teach us
a lesson by chastening us. We see him as a stern judge with harsh and unbending
rules that are impossible to keep but the opposite is true.
The word delight is set in the midst of correction. In
fact, it is the reason for
correction. We are corrected because he delights in us. Interestingly,
the Hebrew word for delight here is ratsah which carries with it the
satisfying of a debt. God delighted in us so much that He sent His Son
Jesus as the satisfaction for our debt. The debt is paid because He delights in
us. The debt is paid so that He can continue delighting in us.
Thank you, Lord, for delighting in me.
Help me to feel your love even when you are in the process of chastening me.
AMEN
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