Proverbs 3:11-12 (ESV)
11 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.
God uses discipline to correct his people. The goal of God’s discipline is to deliver us from foolishness, so we should yield to his correction and not reject it. Discipline is a sign of God’s favor on our lives. As a father and mother discipline their children, the Lord disciplines those who belong to him. It has been said that to reject the discipline of the Lord is to reject his love. The caring father desires that his son experience the benefits of living according to wisdom, so he does whatever he can to help his son get and stay on the right track. Are you experiencing the discipline of the Lord? If so, change your attitude and actions and resolve to do things his way. Not all pain is the result of discipline, but when it is, the quicker we respond to the reproof of the Lord, the quicker the correction stops.