Consequences

Week 3

Day 1- Please read Judges 3:12-14

Consequences! At the least, consequences are bothersome and frustrating; at the most they are overwhelming, oppressive and painful. In actuality, GOD has made consequences a blessing. For example, you find yourself speeding while driving, an officer also finds you speeding while driving. He pulls you over; you either get a warning or a ticket. Now, we all are pulling for the warning, but realistically, the ticket gets our attention much more effectively. A very easy argument can be made that a ticket will help curb speeding more than a lecture will. How about a car accident being more effective in curbing speeding than a ticket (although if you were at fault you’d get both)? Either way consequences are an opportunity to change behaviors (maybe even your heart) that are harmful to yourself and others. Rather than fight consequences, learn from it, be changed by it, thank GOD for it. Proverbs 3:11-12 says it like this; My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent HIS rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those HE loves, as a father the son he delights in.