Have you ever considered all the ways we learn something? Teachers tend to think we can only learn something in a classroom where they are up front "teaching" us ... the unlearned. Preachers think we can only learn when they preach. Coaches think we can only learn when they yell. However, in the real truth of life we learn in many, many ways. When it comes to God we find there are many ways to know Him and to learn about Him. His Word is the best sources for learning about Him. When we read it and believe it and act upon it we have great blessings. But, there is another way He "blesses" us. Read the following out of Psalm 94:
Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Lord,
And whom You teach out of Your law;
God tells us in this verse that He will bless us "through chastening." Many would agree that we learn through the "school of hard knocks" and maybe that is what God means here. He uses discipline to teach us ... probably because we fail to read, believe and act upon His Word: The more positive approach to learning. God, however, uses all chastening in our lives to bring us ultimate blessing. We are blessed to be chastened by Him. Hebrews tells us that God chastens "those He loves." (Hebrews 12:6). So, we need to realize that we can learn by taking hold of God's testimonies and be blessed for that. But, we ought not look at His chastening in any less form. He wants to bless us and when we fail to heed His Word we can blessed by heeding His divine and loving Hand. Both are a blessing to the believer.
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