Song # 2106 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in Hebrews chapter 12 that we should accept and endure hardship as we struggle with sin.
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? (Hebrews 12:7). If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons (Hebrews 12:8). Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our Spirits and live! (Hebrews 12:9). Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our own good, that we may share in His holiness (Hebrews 12:10). No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it (Hebrews 12:11). Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees! (Hebrews 12:12). Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed (Hebrews 12:13).
Thought for today: God’s certainty will see us through life’s uncertainties.
Thought for the future: for eternal life, it’s not what you know, but who you know. Where will you spend your eternity?