Then you will kiss it! – Thomas Brooks

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.” Revelation 3:19

Christian! Always look on the rod of affliction, in conjunction with the hand which holds it. Thus Jesus did, “Shall I not drink the cup that My Father has given Me to drink?” Though the cup was a bitter cup, a bloody cup yet seeing it was put into His hand by His Father, He drinks it off, with a “Father, I thank You.”

The rod in itself brings nothing but pain to the child; but the rod in the hand of a father brings nothing but love, kindness, and sweetness. You should never look upon the rod of affliction, but as it is in the hand of your heavenly Father and then you will kiss it, rather than murmur under it!