Keeping time

About a month I started seeking God more cause I was slacking a lot, and then God gave me a verse “The Lord disciplines those He loves”. So I’m like ok sounds good, now how do I apply that to my life?

I know God loves me, it says that in the Bible (loved me? Jn3:16…) and discipline sort of means that theres an authority or power over me that rebukes me and puts me in my place when I step out of line, kind of like a teacher or a father disciplining children.

So I figured that if I attained this discipline then when I sin God would sort me out!

Well it didn’t really work like that because before all of this I was already sinning and The Holy Spirit was convicting me during that time, so in a way God was already disciplining me because He already loved me!

But wait I didn’t really get this so I kept desiring God to discipline me, and as usual He came through. What started to happen was I started thinking a lot outside the box, and how God was using me, where He wanted me and when. It was weird I desired for stuff to happen and out of the blue during this weird time in my life, when I was very confused and not so sure of everything, He used me so much just to speak into other peoples lives and encourage, build up and strengthen.

Of course then came the harsh side of it all, with the good sometimes comes the bad, and am I feeling it! Got in a lot of unavoidable trouble, havnt been faithful, respectful, got put in very sticky situations, my mind started working against me and I really started feeling this so called discipline.

What is so awesome about it, is that I can see God working in me and through me and I’m just gonna press into that and see where it takes me, cause greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world and I believe it!

Till then peace out
God Bles5
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