 And so brokenness to some degree is the same thing about our own life. That is, God has to break this self-will in us in order to make us valuable servants of his. Now, let's distinguish between three things. First of all, chastisement. Chastisement is what God does in the life of a believer when he's dealing with immediate sin in that person's life. And so he's identified that, you know it's wrong, and so he chastises you for it.