MFM Daily Devotional (Mountain Top Life) 15 June 2026 by Dr. D.K. Olukoya, General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.
TOPIC: Divine Chastisement (I)
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Psalms 18; Psalms 19; Psalms 20; Romans 4; Romans 5
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 12:4-11
MEMORY VERSE
Proverbs 3:12 – For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE
Fortunate is the one who receives correction.
PROPHETIC WORD FOR TODAY
May you not reject the correction of heaven, in the name of Jesus.
MESSAGE
Chastisement means severe criticism or punishment; the aim is to ensure discipline. The word “chastisement” originates from the Latin word “castigre,” which means “to chasten, punish, or correct.” Divine chastisement refers to the discipline that comes from God Himself. You might be surprised to find that God chastises His children because you have been told that God is love. While it is true that God is love, He is also a God of justice.
Because of His love for you, He will correct you when you’re going astray in order to protect you from ultimate destruction. The most popular example of divine chastisement in the Bible is embodied by the children of Israel but there are also others. The Bible describes David as a man after God’s own heart despite his flaws. When he committed the sin of adultery with Bathsheba, the Lord chastised him through the prophet Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1-14).
Also, when he called for a census against the will of the Lord, the Lord reproved him through Gad the seer (1 Chronicles 21). Jonah the prophet is another person who was chastised by the Lord when he refused to go to Nineveh. He tried to be smart by getting on a ship to Tarshish but the Lord chastised him by causing a shipwreck. Consequently, Jonah was thrown into the sea where he was swallowed by a great fish (Jonah 1:1-17).
The Lord did not cast these people away but He restored them after they repented. The purpose of divine chastisement is to restore obedience. Our earthly fathers punish us when we do wrong because they want us to be perfect people. If earthly fathers can chastise us, how much more our heavenly Father? The right attitude towards chastisement is repentance, not rebellion. Being chastised by God is an evidence of His love and care for you. If God doesn’t care about you, He would not bother Himself to correct you. Whenever your spiritual leader corrects you, be humble enough to take the correction and repent. May the Lord help you to humbly receive His correction, in Jesus’ name.
MFM PRAYER POINTS – MORNING
- O Lord, keep me from falling into error, in the name of Jesus.
- O Lord, chastise me whenever I go wrong, in the name of Jesus.
- I will not stray from the path of righteousness, in the name of Jesus.
MFM PRAYER POINTS – EVENING
- Wicked powers assigned to pull me away from God, you are liars, die, in the name of Jesus.
- O Lord, give me the spirit of meekness and humility to accept divine correction, in the name of Jesus.
- I reject the spirit of pride that leads to destruction, in the name of Jesus.
- I will not lose my divine fellowship, in the name of Jesus.
