Romans 11:22: “Therefore
consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but
toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will
be cut off.”
The Lord can at times seemingly
be the most gracious and compassionate Being in the universe and also seemingly,
the most “severe.” His severity only
appears to be so severe because we are seeing Him through the eyes of the
fallen Adamic nature. Adam, and all
pertaining to him, is under sin’s curse.
There is no good in it, and it must be eradicated. God’s “severity” is only such as we dwell in
fleshly lusts and carnality. His
discipline comes into our lives to grow us up, and cause us to be literal
partakers of His nature and divine attributes (2 Pet. 1:3-4).
When the “severe” disciplining
hand of the Lord begins to be bared in our lives, it is imperative we have a
foundation laid of His overwhelming kindness, compassion and delight in
us. If we have not got a foundation laid
in our lives of the absolute delight and joy the Father has in us as His
children, when the Lord begins to bring maturity into our lives, we will lose
heart, at best, and lose faith, at worst.
It is necessary that we dwell on
His goodness and kindness, focusing in on His great love for us as we pass
through tests and trials. It’s only as
we “fix our eyes on Jesus” (Heb. 12:2), will He complete that which He has
started, and bring us into ever-deepening realms of intimacy, friendship and
glory.
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