Job 5:17-18 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Although Eliphaz was wrong in his assumption that God was doing the chastening to punish some sin, he spoke a basic truth: respond with happiness, count it all joy, when you are under the discipline of the Lord. Hebrews 11:6: “The Lord disciplines the one he loves.” The devil did the dirty work, but God allowed him.
We can rejoice, thank God, and count it joy when we suffer physical, emotional, and relational ills. For the Lord is always there, and He has a purpose in it all, and He will bind up the sore and make whole the wounded. When He goes with us through the experiences of life the end result will be better than it was before. God knows what He’ doing and He sees the end.
Because we believe that God is always good, therefore we can be happy when God corrects. Because of the Gospel of Christ, we can believe that He works out all things together for good.
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