TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 2015.
CORRECTION
To set right with remedies, revisions, or reforms; bringing into conformity with a standard; punishment; discipline.
A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he who receives correction is prudent. Proverbs 15: 5.
Do not hold correction from a child. Proverbs 23:13.
Having had 6 children we can look back and evaluate the experiences we had correcting our children. One thing we learned was that when we set standards and boundaries we needed to spell out specific penalties that would be enforced if these standards or boundaries were broken. The penalty had to be reasonable and appropriate for the age of the child and to be effective must be enforced.
We are all born into an evil world and doing things right is sometimes difficult. Many friends and associates that surround believers in Jesus in the work place and schools are not believers in Jesus. Thus they have different standards that they live by. This is why we all need correction from time to time. We can get so accustomed to some of the evils of this world that a corrective warning is needed.
We think about David who felt indebted to those who corrected him. He realized how much he owed them in Psalm 141:5 when he said, “Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness. Let them rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil; let my head not refuse it.”
David tells us that correction is an act of loyalty. Loyal friends do correct one another, even when it is painful and disruptive to a relationship. It is one of the ways we show love and help one another grow stronger in the Lord. Solomon wrote in Proverbs 27:6, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend.” Yes, a true friend will give advice as to what a person needs to hear, not what they want to hear, even though the advice might be painful.
It takes grace for a true friend to give advice but even more grace to receive it. In II Samuel 12:13 David received correction from Nathan concerning his sin of adultery with Bathsheba. David immediately confessed his sin and repented. How do you respond to correction? Most of us resent interference and do not want to be found out concerning things we are really ashamed of and do not want to be known.
There is a difference between correction and criticism. Criticism is motivated by jealousy and a desire to hurt. Correction is motivated by love and a desire to help. Correction is very beneficial if you are willing to receive it.
In Proverbs 15:5 it reads, “He who receives correction is prudent and wise.” We should never refuse correction even if it is painful. We learn by being corrected. Correction brings wisdom.
Our memory verse for this week is found in Proverbs 27:1.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Help each member of my family beginning with myself to understand that correction from a loyal friend can help us change for the better and will bring us closer to living a Christ like life. Help us to grow in the wisdom that comes from Your correction.
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