Focus passage: Hebrews 12:5-6
Read: Psalm 66:8-12; Proverbs 3:11-12; 2 Corinthians 4:13-18
If the truth were known, most of us would admit that we don’t like to be disciplined. When we know it’s coming, we murmur under our breath, though it’s probably for our good. Even kids complain that “it’s not fair.” It’s easy to view discipline as a negative. But today’s focus passage from Hebrews reminds us not to make light of the Lord’s discipline (or chastisement) and to be encouraged that God disciplines those He loves.
It would be good to review the meaning of “discipline” or “chastisement.” In our verses today, the Greek word translated as discipline/chastisement means:
– to be instructed or taught; to train or to correct.
With this definition of discipline in mind, light may shed on how we can be encouraged by the discipline of our God.
1. What is your reaction to discipline? Do you try to escape it or do you embrace it?
2. Why do you think God brings up the subject of discipline right after the “faith” chapter – Heb. 11?
3. Looking ahead, how might you respond to the Lord’s discipline differently?
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