Bible Studies

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Proverbs 12 verse 1 tells us: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.

This is probably one of the hardest pills to swallow. No one really likes to be corrected. If you read Proverbs on a daily basis by the end of the year you would have read this verse 12 times. You'll not going to jump out of bed next January and say: "Today is going to be a good day! Someone is going to correct me! Yipee!"

I believe that this is one of the reasons that people aren’t succeeding in what they are setting out to do. They don’t want to be corrected by their doctor when they are told to eat right and exercise and then wonder why they feel so bad. They don’t want to be corrected by their supervisor at work then wonder why they haven’t gotten a decent raise. They don’t want to be corrected by their pastor and then wonder why they feel so dry.

But when you hate to receive correction your heart begins to get harden, and with that, everything else. Before you know it, your emotions will follow and you begin to do brutish (stupid) things. You do stupid things because you’ve allowed yourself not to receive the correction that could have saved you all the headaches.

Correction is a necessary part of life. It is the equivalent of pruning in the garden that of your life. You can’t just let those weeds get out of control. The best time to get them is when before they start popping up. Learn to love correction when it comes. You won’t like it then, but you will appreciate it later.

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