So, when I was a kid (yes here comes a walked-a-mile-in-the-snow story) we would pick out our breakfast cereal based on what type of cool toy was in it. We could have cared less what type of cereal surrounded the toy, we just wanted that sweet Garfield pencil topper or the Count Chocula playing cards.
Whatever happened to putting toys in cereal? It makes me a little sad that my kids won't have the joys of digging through an entire box just to get the toy at the bottom. When I think back now though, I realize that those toys really weren't that awesome...
So, where am I going with this? Well, just stay with me here, this could be painful for both of us. Picture God as the box of cereal, all of His goodness is packed in there, all of His grace is packed in there, all of His love (the toy). BUT, with that comes His justness, His punishment, and His correction (the actual cereal).
How often do we forget that we can't just dig in to the parts of God that we like, and worship those. Look at Proverbs 15:32 'Whoever heeds correction gains understanding' and Psalm 1:2 'But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night', we not only worship God for the good he puts in our lives, but also for correcting us, and punishing us for those things that we have done wrong.
Thank Him today for shaping you and guiding you by correcting you. How has He done this in your life lately? Do you struggle with accepting His correction?
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