Hebrews 12:12-13

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

We find this verse amidst instruction on the discipline of God. We find that His discipline is a sign of His love, and that even though it can be painful at the time, it produces a “harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” In following Christ, you will be challenged with discipline from God, and the purpose for it is to change you. Romans 8:29 says, “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” Our response to God’s discipline will define whether we are able to effectively receive that perfecting work, made possible by grace. 2 Cor. 12:10 says, “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”