C O R R E C T I O N

Hebrews 12:7

What’s the toughest part of your training as an athlete?  Is it the running, the weight training, the diet, video tape study or maybe injury rehabilitation?  Why do your coaches have you continue to do something that is so difficult?  Do they hate you?  I doubt it and today’s scripture will help us see more clearly.

At chapter 12 and verse 7 the writer of the letter to the Hebrews speaks of such difficult training, “If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?”

Chastening equals discipline which equals loving training.  When we experience the chastening or discipline of our coaches, our parents or even our God, it’s a sign of love not hate.  Just as the best parents both encourage and admonish their children, the best coaches both praise and correct their players.

I would begin to worry when the coaches stop correcting and challenging you.  It probably means that they’ve given up on you or have lowered their expectations to where you really don’t want them.

If we are wise, we’ll listen closely to the leadership given us by our coaches, our parents, our teammates and our God.  Such leadership is an assuring reminder of the loving relationship we have with them.  Play strongly today and reward them all.

Bible Reading Plan:
John 12:12-19
I John 5:1-12
Job 17
Ezekiel 48