Just and true are your ways, O King

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvellous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! – Revelation 15v3

God’s way is always right. It has a nice ring to it, but why is it that sometimes it doesn’t seem that way? How do we answer people when they ask us why God does this or that or allow horrible things to happen?

There is a lot to consider here. Sometimes the answer is that horror and tragedy are just nature taking its course. Sometimes God gets the blame for what wicked men do. Sometimes these things are just the result of mistakes and human error.

To be honest we are not always have the answers. It is important though that by faith we trust a certain truth – God’s ways are always just and always based on truth. Our human knowledge and ken can sometimes fall short of comprehending the whys and wherefores.

Once again we have an opportunity to exercise faith and trust. We can trust our own understanding, limited and sin cursed as it is. Or we can trust the perfect word of God as it describes the ways of an infinitely loving and holy God.

Which makes more sense?