The ways of the Lord are right

Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them. – Hosea 14v9

The way of the Lord is not always easy, but the ways of the Lord are always right. We don’t always understand how it is true and sometimes we don’t get it, but God’s ways are right – full stop.

Hosea had been through a great trial of his faith. God had called him to an impossible task. We might ask ourselves how this could possibly be God’s way, and if it is how is it right?

Who could have thought that God’s plan for Hosea was right? Surely Hosea must have questioned the direction God had for him. But he did it. He did what God wanted him to do and at the end he said ‘The ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them.’

It is not always easy for us to see God’s way as right. Sometimes God way leads through suffering and sacrifice. Sometimes it leads through difficulties and even death. Sometimes it is confusing and full of conflict.

Our problem is pretty simple – we don’t know everything. We can’t see how these situations are going to affect eternity. All we see is right here and right now. We don’t have the mind of God. We have finite intelligence and wisdom. God has it all.

The question is whether or not we have the faith to walk with the righteous in the right ways of the Lord. Only we can answer that.