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The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

—Ps 118:18

• God delivered the psalmist into and out of the hands of an enemy, and in so doing, helped him learn the lesson of humility.

• God’s love causes him to chasten us—to not only correct us when we go astray, but also to train us to be godly. His tools of chastening can include trying circumstances, disappointment, sickness, and hardship.

• Just as good parents discipline and teach their children with consequences, so does God with his children. He is transforming us into the likeness of his Son, Jesus, and chastening us is one of the means he uses.

• Praise God that his love prompts him to chasten us as he sees fit.

• “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in” (Prov 3:11–12).