Criticism and Correction
A lot of us like to criticize other people, but we don't like being criticized ourselves. Many of us don't even like to be corrected when we are doing the wrong thing, or we are doing the right thing in the wrong way. It is very detrimental for us to react negatively to criticism and correction. We ought to want to be growing to be like Jesus more every day, so we should take criticism and correction very seriously, so we know what we need to do to be more holy. The Bible gives us a clear admonition in these two areas that we all need to hear and to heed. (Proverbs 13:18) "If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept correction, you will be honored." That is a very simple verse, but its meaning is profound. Do we want to end in poverty and disgrace, or do we want to be honored? The choice is up to us, and it is not that difficult to have a good ending instead of a bad one. Let's think about it a minute. I know that not all criticis...