How do you feel when you're corrected?
But correcting a fellow believer is an important element of genuine love and Christian fellowship (James 5:19-20). And accepting correction and taking it to heart may be one of the clearest indications of true love for Christ:
“Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.” Proverbs 9:8-9
It requires humility to look at things objectively instead of selfishly. It requires thinking of others who may be hurt by our actions and consider if we would want them to treat us as we've treated them (Matthew 7:12). It takes character to look at the 10% we did wrong when the other person did 90%.
And it gives us favor with our Lord:
“These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.” Isaiah 66:2
May God help us to see correction as an important and necessary part of Christian maturity!
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