May 31, 2024 – Love Or Neglect

Love Or Neglect
May 31, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 13:23-25
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

      In my library, I have a book written by H. A. Ironside in 1907 called; “Notes On Proverbs.” My copy was published in February of 1946. In it, on page 154, when writing about verse 24 of chapter 13, Dr. Ironside makes the following statement Quote; “It is not love, but the lack of it, that leaves a child to himself; to develop unchecked, tendencies and propensities which shall result in future sorrow. Ours is a day of great laxity on this point. The coming generation will reap the bitter fruit of the absence of restraint and the evident aversion to chastening, so manifest in the majority of homes.” End quote. This statement was made over one hundred years ago. So, if we look around us today, was he right?

    When men and women believe they have a better way to live life than God’s way, they are essentially saying that God is wrong. Today, we have a nation full of “me-first” adults. They have been given their way so much as children that they assume life should always revolve around them. Few are willing to offer constructive criticism for fear of hurting someone’s feelings. When correction is provided, it often results in individuals sulking like a two-year-old who hasn’t learned how to handle reproof.

    God’s ways are inherently right. They always have been and always will be. Any correction administered by God is done out of love and for the benefit of the one being corrected. This is a crucial aspect missing from much of today’s correction. It should be motivated by love for the child and a desire to help them, not to harm them.

     

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    There is a significant difference between correction and child abuse. We should never condone or participate in child abuse. However, frequently, by not ensuring that children behave appropriately, we may inadvertently subject them to more harm. True love can manifest itself in various ways.

 

Do we see correction for God as love and learning?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: May 31, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    Nehemiah 1-5
   Proverbs 13:23-25

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   2 Kings 9-10
   John 11:1-37