Discipline is something we despise for the moment.... We all look for a place to run, an excuse with which to stall. No one enjoys it. Yet those of us who have endured it know that the fruit it produces and the pain from which it ultimately spares us makes it worth the agony.

God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.

Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.

The reason so many of us struggle so intensely with adversity is that we have yet to adopt God's perspective and priorities.

Since God knows our future, our personalities, and our capacity to listen, He isn't ever going to say more to us than we can deal with at the moment.

Regardless of the source of our pain, we must accept that God knows, God loves, and God is at work.

From Genesis to Revelation, here's the central message: God Almighty, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Spirit of God, the Triune God is in control of all things, period.