A daily thought ~ Discipline.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11 ESV

Disciple is never easy but it is important. Discipline is sacrifice, it is doing what you ought rather than what you want. This is something that Elizabeth Elliot speaks on often. Her whole life was characterised by suffering and sacrifice yet this was one of her governing principles. I think this was one of the reasons she could live a such a hard life and still praise God. She truely had learnt to live this verse (and many others) out in her life regardless of what was happening around her.

How often I know I long for that peaceable fruit of righteousness. But am I willing to let myself be disciplined in order to receive it? That is a hard question to answer honestly. Are we willing to be humbled, to loose things that matter, truely take up are cross and follow Him. Is He worth it to us?

I believe so. I believe the training is worth the peaceable fruit of righteousness because we were worth it to God. We were worth dying for so how more is He worth living for?

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