Wisdom From Above: 10 Days in the Book of ProverbsNäide

Embrace Correction

Being open and willing to receive correction requires a humble attitude. Those who love us want what is best for us. When they take the time to offer opportunities for us to correct something that isn’t quite working to our benefit or the benefit of others, it is a gift to us. It is an opportunity to consider someone else’s viewpoint and admit our own shortcomings.

The advice given in this chapter of Proverbs is from a father to his son. It is from a parent to his child. This is important to recognize. Not everyone in our lives has the right or the role to correct us. However, we should readily accept the wisdom of those we respect and who know us well. The Father knows us best of all. He never steers us wrong, and the wisdom of Christ will snap us back into place when we need it. The kind correction of our heavenly Father leads us to repentance.

Loving Father, correct me with your kindness and lead me to your truth. I give up the resistance I feel against being wrong, and I choose to humble myself before you and others today.