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A Closer Walk

Attitude of the Righteous

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Hebrews 12:10-11
For (earthly fathers) disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He (the Lord) disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness. All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
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It is written in the book of Job that we should not despise the discipline of the Almighty {Job 5:17} and then David said, 'Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O LORD.' {Ps.94:12} As a matter of fact David, a man after God's own heart, would go on to pray seeking discipline, 'let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it..." {Ps.141:5}
 
Our flesh may not like discipline—to put it mildly—but our spirit will, like David's, desire and seek it for it is the core of discipleship with Jesus Christ! We who know the Lord know that discipleship is all about being trained in righteousness by His correction and teaching. {2Tim.3:16}

It is not for punishment but rather to make us more like Him. And that in a word means being holy, just as we are commanded to be: “As obedient children do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, you shall be holy, for I am holy.” {1Pt.1:14-16}

The word holiness 'qodesh' in Hebrew means to be set apart for God. Whether it was the ground that Moses stood on at the burning bush {Ex.3:5}, or the utensils that were made for use in the Holy of Holies {Ex.40:9-10}, or you and I made holy and cleansed by the blood of the Lamb of God {Rev.7:14}, all fulfilling His plan, made for His purpose and His pleasure. Hallelujah!
 
The plan is right there for us to see. Holiness does not come about by changing the way we look or the way that we speak—although being holy will surely change those things—holiness will come just as it says as part of today's verse: “Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness.” {Heb.12:9-10} "The Lord has made everything for its own purpose." {Proverbs 16:4}

“Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made. ... The people whom I formed for Myself, will declare My praise.” (Isaiah 43:7,21)
 
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