[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":20},["ShallowReactive",2],{"library-my-utmost-for-his-highest-0814":3},{"id":4,"date":4,"session":5,"title":6,"blocks":7},"0814","","August 14 — Chastening",[8,11,14,16,18],{"type":9,"text":10},"scripture","Despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him. — Hebrews 12:5",{"type":12,"text":13},"paragraph","It is very easy to quench the Spirit; we do it by despising the chastening of the Lord, by fainting when we are rebuked by Him. If we have only a shallow experience of sanctification, we mistake the shadow for the reality, and when the Spirit of God begins to check, we say — “Oh, that must be the devil.”",{"type":12,"text":15},"Never quench the Spirit, and do not despise Him when He says to you — “Don’t be blind on this point any more; you are not where you thought you were. Up to the present I have not been able to reveal it to you, but I reveal it now.” When the Lord chastens you like that, let Him have His way. Let Him relate you rightly to God.",{"type":12,"text":17},"“Nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him.” We get into sulks with God and say — “Oh, well, I can’t help it; I did pray and things did not turn out right, and I am going to give it all up.” Think what would happen if we talked like this in any other domain of life!",{"type":12,"text":19},"Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God’s idea of what He wants to do for me, and He has to get me into the attitude of mind and spirit where at any cost I will let Him sanctify me wholly.",1791784885767]