We all know that children need to be corrected by the wise guidance they receive from caring parents. We may assume that when we are grown, that stage of life is finished. However, from a spiritual point of view, there is no time in our life when we don't need correcting because we have limited understanding, circumstances keep changing, and we get used to bad habits. There are always ways we need to learn more and be corrected when we are in error.
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of honor around your neck. (Proverbs 1:8-9 NLT)
Something went wrong in our lives when we followed foolish thinking or incorrect advice and got tangled up in addiction and destructive life habits. Life with God in recovery is a season where we need to be humble about receiving correction, so we can go safely forward on a new life path.
People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray. (Proverbs 10:17 NLT)
Whether we like it or not or whether it is comfortable in the beginning or not, correction is an essential part of growth. Some thoughts and behaviours must be stopped. Others need to be practiced much more until we are good at them. No one wants to admit they have been mistaken or wrong but truthfully, we all have. Now we have a wonderful opportunity to learn how to get things right.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. (2 Timothy 3:16 NLT)
God has kindly given us a detailed handbook around which to know what needs correcting in our attitudes, words, and actions. We can always depend on what we read in the Bible, and if we are wise, when what we are thinking or doing conflicts with Bible principles, we need to make the necessary changes.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to pay attention to Your words of life and humbly make any correction to my attitude and behaviour that is necessary. Amen
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