A Morning Meditation
He Scourges Every Son Whom He Receives

Hebrews 12:6
“For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.”

At this site we have spoken about many different topics.  We have explored different avenues of thought and experience, areas of restoration that God is bringing to His sons at this time.  But there is one aspect of sonship that can get overlooked at times.  It is certainly not something that our soul would relish, and it is something that we probably would hope is completed.  And that is what Paul speaks of in Hebrews….that He scourges every son whom He receives.  That unless you are a partaker of His scourgings, you will not be a partaker of His righteousness.

That is the calling card of the son;  His scourgings have been deep, and complete.  What separates the babe in Christ from the son?  His scourging.  His deep work of preparation in the heart.

No one really likes to be scourged.  It is generally not a pleasant experience, as the soul flesh of an individual is brought to a deep and complete work of the cross.  But we know that without this, we will not be a partaker of that which He has prepared for us.

What separates the wheat from the chaff?  His scourging.  Can there possibly be one reason why we see so many denominations, so many churches, espousing so many different and varied beliefs?  I would say the answer is probably simple.  His scourgings.  No one really wants to pay the price.  When God gets too close, ooops, it’s time to move on.  All of a sudden people close down, they are not willing to go any further.  Because God has gotten just a bit too close for comfort, and something within them must die out, in order to live. That is very close and very personal.

If you watch yourself throughout the day, you can pretty much tell just how dead you are, or are not.  Just how dead is that soul flesh within you.   

The path to sonship, to resurrection, to the redemption of all His promises;  the path to His power and authority, is a path that is concurrent with His sufferings, His scourgings, His deep work within you.  There cannot be any other Gods that we serve.  We cannot be fair weather Christians, that when the heat is turned up, well it is time for a vacation.

If we want the realities of sonship, the realities of a walk in the spirit so far beyond what our eye has seen, or has entered into our hearts, then we must realize it does come with a very steep price.  His scourging within you must be complete.  You must allow Him to complete what He has begun within you.  I say You must Allow, because you must allow.  He will not cross our will.  You must take your life, your soul flesh as I call it, and tie it to the horns of the altar.  It must die.  You must die on one level that you might come alive on the level of the kingdom.

We are not dead enough yet, but our demand must be that His will be done within our lives. As we read in the book of Revelations…..they love not their lives unto death.  A nice platitude, but that scripture must be lived, it must be experienced.  You determine to do this, you determine to allow Him to scourge you, you determine to cleave unto the cross and let the work be complete, you determine His will over your will.

This is the path to sonship.  This is the path to change and transformation.  It can take a long time, or we can determine to hold our hearts before Him and let Him complete what is needed within each of us.

It’s your call.