We stand corrected.

“Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.” Proverbs 20:30

Part of this process of remaining teachable is being willing to be corrected when you are falling short of God’s glory - when you are beginning to wander from Truth.

God sometimes does this by sending someone to confront you. Your response in moments like this will determine whether you will begin a downward spiral of self-righteousness, self-justification and self-pity, or whether you will thank God for the correction, turn back from your wandering and keep following Jesus.

By Jesus’ death on the cross we have been saved, we are being saved, and we will be saved. Humbly receiving correction means acknowledging, once again, that we are completely lost and hopeless apart from God’s grace and mercy given through the death of His Son.