From Rabbi Jack...
Proverbs 13:24 "Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them."
Most often we quote this passage of scripture when we are justifying disciplining our children or when we are correcting someone for not disciplining their children. But do we realize that this verse could be speaking to us? How many times have we read in Scripture about God disciplining His children; both Israel as a nation and individuals, for the purpose of, "not sparing the rod and spoiling the child." Sure, we can quote this passage of scripture as we justify our actions or as we correct/judge others, but have we applied this scripture to ourselves and accepted and learned from the "rod" God has had to apply to us?
Many of us are going through hard and difficult times in our lives. Have we ever stopped to think that perhaps what we are experiencing is God's "rod" carefully disciplining us. God's love for us as His children far exceeds our comprehension of what love is. So, we need to remember the rod God had to use on Moses, sending him to spend forty years in Midian or the rod He had to use on Joseph in sending him into slavery or the rod He had to use on Aaron, King David, Peter, John and Paul. All the people I mentioned received God's "rod" and grew from it; becoming a better leader, a humbler brother, a committed Priest, a devoted King and bold apostles. It is one thing to receive God's rod and grow bitter like King Saul, but it is a far greater thing to receive God's rod and grow better from it like King David.
God disciplines us so that we will change and He prunes us or that we can produce more fruit. The spirit is always going to be waring against the flesh, which means none of us while on earth are going to be spared God's "rod"!
Hi Ellen here…
How great is our God!!! During Sukkot Yeshua tabernacled with us symbolically for seven days and then an eighth day. Our glorious Abba gave us one more day because He loves us so much. I am not saying that God is not with us every day but I think it is important to speak of the eighth day.
Of course, we had great services with all our Zoom family but more so, it was such a joy to see those who gathered together in fellowship. Guess what? Abba gives us this same opportunity each week…Sunday! On resurrection day, which was a Sunday then, Yeshua broke through sin, disease, torment and so much more on the eighth day as He resurrected. Do you see that each time the sun sets on Shabbat and we all say Shavua tov, 'have a great week,' we enter into the eighth day (Sunday), once again. It is a symbol that we can face another tension filled week with great anticipation, to break through all the sin, disease and torment in our own lives.
Sunday here in Israel is Yom Rishon, meaning the first day of the week. If we begin another cycle to the next Shabbat that is what it is…but if we remember the Shabbat and walk into the next day as the eighth day then we are able with the help of the Holy Spirit to have break a through!
Yours in Messiah Yeshua, "…while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Messiah Yeshua." (Titus 2:13)
Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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