For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
God's correction may bring soreness and wounds, pain and sorrow, yet it is the same God who wounds who also bandages and binds up, who heals and restores and makes whole. The one whom God so corrects is happy and blessed. His chastening and discipline must therefore not be despised, nor must the rebuked faint under rebuke, nor must reproofs and warnings be allowed to harden the heart.
His wounding is not meant to destroy but to heal and restore. It leads toward reform and healing, refines people through trials for their work with Him, and brings them back to Him so that He may approve them at last. Jesus comes to every stricken one with a healing ministry, and His presence brightens even bereavement, pain, and suffering with comforting healing.
Tribulation must be recognized as the touch of infinite love giving blessing, for trials are for benefit. It is not the hand of an enemy to be wrestled blindly in darkness until strength is spent without comfort or deliverance. The one who falls weeping and helpless upon Him receives the longed-for blessing of the soul, with deliverance in repeated troubles so that no evil touches him.
The church's correction through the Laodicean message is restorative in this same way. It is meant to restore and finally approve, not to discourage or tear down.
God's correction may bring soreness and wounds, pain and sorrow, yet it is the same God who wounds who also bandages and binds up, who heals and restores and makes whole. The one whom God so corrects is happy and blessed. His chastening and discipline must therefore not be despised, nor must the rebuked faint under rebuke, nor must reproofs and warnings be allowed to harden the heart.
His wounding is not meant to destroy but to heal and restore. It leads toward reform and healing, refines people through trials for their work with Him, and brings them back to Him so that He may approve them at last. Jesus comes to every stricken one with a healing ministry, and His presence brightens even bereavement, pain, and suffering with comforting healing.
Tribulation must be recognized as the touch of infinite love giving blessing, for trials are for benefit. It is not the hand of an enemy to be wrestled blindly in darkness until strength is spent without comfort or deliverance. The one who falls weeping and helpless upon Him receives the longed-for blessing of the soul, with deliverance in repeated troubles so that no evil touches him.
The church's correction through the Laodicean message is restorative in this same way. It is meant to restore and finally approve, not to discourage or tear down.