31 Day Challenge - Day 12

"To learn, you must love discipline" . . ., Proverbs 12:1. "A wise child accepts a parent's discipline", Proverbs 13:1. We live in a day and time where obedience and discipline are not honored and authority is not respected. No wonder we have such a difficult time receiving from God. We have no respect for someone else telling us what to do or how to do it. We live in a "me" society where it all comes from "me" and it all ends with "me".  This makes it almost impossible to trust in a God who desires to meet all of our needs. One of the ways He helps us achieve what we need to is by directing us, teaching us, guiding us, and yes, disciplining us. We must become vulnerable,  pliable and teachable so that we live an abundant, godly life. God's discipline comes from the love He has for us. "Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children. Those who love their children care enough to discipline them." (Proverbs 13:24) "The way of the godly leads to life, that path does not lead to death." (Proverbs 12:28) Let wisdom take hold of our hearts and teach us the way of discipline and the way of trust.