And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. - Deuteronomy 1:31
God is saying that he directs you as a father and he will continue do it. Do you know what kind of father he is? He is like a Father bare his son. There is different in a mother carries his child and father carries his child. A mother carries her kid in his hip. But a father carries his child upon his Shoulder. In some occasions, fathers lead their little ones by holding their hands safely. When they cross through rugged terrain he begins to carry the child upon his shoulder comfortably. Yes when you cross through fire and water, as a father Jesus is carries you on his shoulder. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.(Isa 43:2) Just think with hindsight the ways that you have come across. You have come across so many difficulties, through then valley of tears, with agony, suffering and confusion. You are still alive; that too with sound health and with abundant blessing. How is it possible and what is the reason? When you come across that kind of difficulties he carries you on his shoulder. As He knows your ways, he knows when you face difficulties, when you become sad, discourage and when you face danger. In that situation he never leave your situation same. He will carry you as a father carries his child.
It has been said in the Holy Bible that for whom the LORD loves He chastens, and for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? Yes as a father God is chastening you. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?(Heb 12:5-7) If you are chastening by the Lord be rejoice. If He chastens you, it means that God deals with you as with sons. In these days many people getting dispirited and make the LORD sorrowfulness while He is chastening them. Some are making the Lord sorrow by saying whether the LORD has eyes? Whether He has ears? Why doesn't he look unto me? Why not He heard my supplications? Our Lord is really having a special love for you. Then why should He chastening us? He is chastening you for goodness. The worldly father sometimes treats his child in such a hard way. The reason is they love their child and they like to bring their child in good. But we get discourage when we are in chastening. In your life you are facing tribulations, troubles, trials, debts problems. You are saking Why I have such a kind of husband? Why my wife is like that? Why my children’s behave like this? In these was you are facing chasten. Think of it had those people and situations around us not be like this, would we never seek our Lord. If God did not allow chastening in our life then our ways will different we are on the way to hell. As God love you more he chasten you and leads you right way.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. - Hebrew 12:11
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