How do you respond to the person who corrects you?
I confess that, initially, I have a tendency to reject correction. I sometimes think, "What right do YOU have telling me what I should or should not do? Or how I should/should not be?"
If I allow this attitude to prevail, according to verses 7-9, then I am a scoffer, a wicked man.
The Holy Spirit brings conviction of sin and, at times, may do this through the gentle correction of a brother or sister.
Thank God that because of Christ and His cross, we are able to be humbly grateful to the one who corrects us. "Reprove a wise man and he will love you."
God, we ask for grace today to have a teachable spirit and for wisdom to love those who correct us. Help us to repent and move forward in our walk with You.
