I began my day reading in the Book of Isaiah and thinking about the Ways of the LORD. “’My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.’” [55:7-9 NLT]
I wish I could understand the Ways of the Lord, but most of the time I have a poor grasp. Every time I think I understand (and have God and what He is doing in a box), He does something differently.
As I looked up the phrase “the Ways of the Lord” in my concordance I found a few references. By looking at those few references I came to realize that I do not have to UNDERSTAND the Ways of the Lord, but I do have other RESPONSIBILITIES TO the Ways of the Lord.
Hosea 14:9 tells me that “The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.” [NIV]
The Ways of the Lord are made for walking. Those who do the right things will walk in the Ways of the Lord. We have a duty to walk in the ways that God calls us to walk. All through Scripture the path is lit by His word. We are taught about following the Spirit and putting to death the ways of the flesh. We are taught about our duty to God, our duty to our fellow man and our duty to ourselves.
God puts His ways before us like a roadway that stretches from where we are to where He desires us to be, and then He tells us to walk. The Ways of the Lord are made for walking!
