Why Is God Doing This to Me?

We think God disciplines us because he is mad at us. When he rebukes us, perhaps taking something away or frustrating a plan, we think he is saying, “You’ve had your fun, now you’re done.” That makes sense to us because that’s how we are. But he is different:

My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the LORD reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

-Proverbs 3:11–12

In reality, our tender Heavenly Father is training us not to go in the ways of sin that will bring much worse upon us. It is his way of getting our attention. So when it happens, let’s learn the lesson well and thank him for it.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.

-Psalm 84:11