“Listen to advice and receive instruction, so that you may become wise in the future.”
Our Lord is a really very good God, He always cares for and loves us. When we are weak and helpless God comes through the Holy Spirit to strengthen us; when we are in trouble His Spirit is there to comfort us. But there are times when God has to be tough on us, that is to rebuke and if necessary ‘beat’ us: “Whoever I love, I rebuke and I chastise; therefore relax your heart and repent.”
God is hard on us not without reason. Because “β¦when I came there was no one, and when I called no one answered”. When God comes to us, we don’t care, and when He calls, we don’t answer, that’s when God will be tough on us so that we immediately realize the mistakes we have made.
If God educates us harshly through “punishing or beating”, it doesn’t mean He doesn’t love us, instead He shows His care, His love, and His responsibility for our lives, because He doesn’t want us to stray further from the path.
His way. Just as a father punishes when his child is stubborn and doesn’t want to obey, so a heavenly Father if we have been told, reminded, advised, and gently rebuked, still hardens our hearts and doesn’t want to listen. “He who does not use a stick hates his son; but he who loves his son chastises him in time.”
It is not the death of the wicked that God wants, but their repentance, therefore He is patient. When God beats and beats us, it means He has a beautiful plan behind it all. “For He is the one who wounds, but also binds up; He who beats, but whose hand also heals.”
When we go down the wrong path, the Holy Spirit speaks softly to us to remind us. Do not harden your heart when rebuked and warned, because it is for the good of our lives. God must be tough on us because He doesn’t want us to play with sin and experience destruction
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