I will correct thee in measure

 
 

November 22

 

Jeremiah 30:11 

For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I

make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee,

yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee

in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. 

 
Sin procures correction, and love sends it.
 
Every child is chastened, because every child sins.
 
But though we are corrected for sin, yet not according to the desert of sin.
 
Our Father chastens us in measure, not in wrath, but in love; not to destroy, but to save us.
 
There is no wrath in His heart, for He has sworn that He will not be wroth with us; yet He will visit our sin with the rod, and our iniquities with stripes.
 
He is reconciled to our persons, but not to our follies; therefore He says, “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore and repent.”
 
Let us not despise His chastening, nor faint when we are rebuked of Him; for it is the common lot of all His children, and if it drives us to Him, and humbles us at His feet, it is evidently sent in love.
 
It is painful blessing; a mercy sent to purify and cleanse us.
 
If we sin and are not chastened, our sonship is questionable; for what son is he whom his father chasteneth not?
 
But if we are chastened, God dealeth with us as with sons; and our sufferings are the fulfillment of His promise.
 
He corrects us for our profit, to make us partakers of His holiness.
 

Though ten thousand ills beset thee,

From without and from within,

Jesus saith, He'll ne’er forget thee,

 But will save from hell and sin;

He is faithful

To perform His gracious word.

 
James Smith