Proverbs 3:12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
This is one of those “I told you so!” verses we come across in our bibles.
But stop and think a bit about the words here. Think about them in terms of what has happened in the past with people who said they followed God and yet chose to do their own thing.
We have many accounts of the people of Israel getting into all manner of trouble as they chose their own path rather than following God’s rules.
And yet when they chose to obey God their lives had many rewards as God showed the world how much He loved them.