Page 40 - Evidence of Things Unseen

We must all, as children of God, be partakers of His discipline. How wonderful when
we recognize the discipline when it comes. Do not think that because you are under God’s
discipline that He has forsaken you. No! He is watching you intensely, as a Father watches
a son, to see if there is repentance and godly sorrow resulting from the chastisement. We
are never more loved than when God disciplines us, for if we did not receive discipline it
would be a sign that we are illegitimate children. Discipline is a sign of sonship. Let us shout
out gladly when we are being scourged by God, “Hallelujah, I am a son!