Sometimes God’s grace comes to us in the form of discipline. If we fail to listen to God when He whispers to us in love, He may force us to listen when He shouts to us in discipline. But God is also in the business of forgiveness. When we return to Him, His amazing grace will restore us, heal us, and bless us for His service.
Once you have enrolled in God’s school of faith, you can expect to encounter some challenging tests along the way. The tests God allows us to face are demonstrations of our willingness to give Him highest priority in our lives, and to surrender to Him anything that we may treasure more than our relationship with Him.
One of the greatest challenges of our culture is that, as a people, we have lost our sense of the holiness of God. The solution: Don’t put God in a box! Draw near to Him, listen to Him, and invite Him to occupy the place He desires – and deserves - to have in your life.
