Weekly Devotional for 6/15/08  

“Moreover, we have all had human father who disciplined us and we respected them for it.  How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!” Hebrews 12:9. 

If, while growing up, your earthly father disciplined you as he thought best, good!  You are blessed indeed.  Not everyone has had a father.  Or, as is far too common today, a father in the same household as a mother or one who is living up to God’s expectations of a ‘father’ is rare.  This illustration is meant for us to understand the goodness of our heavenly Father’s discipline in shaping our inner man.  If we are trained by it, then it will produce a harvest of righteousness and peace – what we all need!  Regardless if we can identify with the illustration, we all have a Father in heaven who does love us – even when it hurts – and reveals that to each of us everyday. 

? Are you trained by your Father’s discipline?