DISCIPLINE
Today I found myself saying 'Lord I spanked my baby this morning, I repent'. Ha ha ha ha! Truth is, I feel like this every time I discipline him. It’s not a nice feeling at all. In fact it is the worst thing to see your child cry and you have caused it, but it’s necessary.
In the moment of guilt I started realizing that this could be how God feels each time He chastens us through allowing some of the hard situations we go through as it’s painful, but it is necessary.
It’s the pain in our lives that makes us grow, that makes us mature and that causes us to make informed and wise decisions in the future.
Have you ever seen a spolt child; they throw tantrums and are so self centered and make everything about them. These kind of children are so embarrassing to the parents, you can’t take them anywhere with you because they will embarass you. Have you seen a spoilt child throwing tantrums in public and the parent tries to discipline them and they double embarrass them by fighting back. This is a child that is not used to being corrected and disciplined in private so they embarass you in public.
Likewise, in our walk with God, there are situations that we go through in private that we have to deal with. Bishop Mike Songiso has taught me that; there are three kinds of battles in life; the ones you fight by yourself, those that are fought by your parents for you and those that are fought by God for you. The greatest wisdom is you identifying whose battle is it that you are involved in and let the rightful person fight that battle.
Now, personal battles are those private things we go through as our training ground, our maturity process and test. A Christian that has not been chastened by God in private is a humiliating immature Christian in public. It pains God to see us go through stuff that hurts us, but it is His way of pruning us. Sometimes He uses people and other times He uses circumstances but either way He uses LIFE to chasten us. I once said to a friend of mine if I ever be counted in the midst of humble people and somebody asks me ‘what keeps you humble?’ my answer will be LIFE!
You see, a child that is not chastened as a child is left for life to humble him. And life will do that in the most painful way. After King David slept with Basheba and killed her husband to cover his sin, God asked him, should I deal with you or let life deal with you and David begged that God deal with him because He will do it with mercy. Today we see a lot of people that did not allow their parents to deal with them and now life is dealing with them.
Anyways, the cause if our 'spanky spanky meeting' with my son was about neatness. I just dont believe in this notion that men are undity and can leave clothes on the floor and all that. Boys ought to be taught from a young age that cleaning is not a girly thing and untidyness is not a sign of manhood. (By the way if I visit you as a guy and find your house in a mess, I’m not coming back and I’m not considering you another day. You shall not be a burden to me in Jesus name!).
#allow God to deal with you in private
#parents its ok to instill discipline on our children at a young age,its our responsibility...
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