April 30 Morning Devotional | How To Receive Correction | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, April 30 | “All the sons of Israel grumbled.” —Numbers 14:2 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Numbers 14:1-4 (NASB)

Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

There are grumblers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the affliction. They ask, “Why am I afflicted? What have I done to be chastened in this manner?”

A word with you, grumbler! Why should you grumble against the discipline of your heavenly Father? Can he treat you more severely than you deserve? Consider what a rebel you were once, but he has pardoned you! Surely, if he in his wisdom sees fit now to chasten you, you should not complain. After all, are you punished as severely as your sins deserve? Consider the corruption which is in your heart, and then will you wonder that there needs so much of the rod to fetch it out? Weigh yourself, and discern how much dross is mingled with your gold; and do you think the fire too hot to purge away so much dross as you have? Does not that proud rebellious spirit of yours prove that your heart is not thoroughly sanctified? Are not those grumbling words contrary to the holy submissive nature of God’s children? Is not the correction needed?

But if you will grumble against the chastening, take heed, for it will go hard with grumblers. God always chastises his children twice, if they do not bear the first stroke patiently. But know one thing — “He does not afflict willingly or grieve the sons of men.” (Lamentations 3:33) All his corrections are sent in love, to purify you, and to draw you nearer to himself. Surely it must help you to bear the chastening with resignation if you are able to recognize your Father’s hand. For “For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives. t is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons.” (Hebrews 12:6-7) “Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.” (1 Corinthians 10:10)

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