Ordered of the Lord

“A man’s steps are of the Lord; how then can a man understand his own way?” (Prov.23:24)

We are all God’s children in the sense He created us in His image but He doesn’t call us His children until we are born again of the Spirit; then we are adopted into His family and He calls us His little children (I Jn.3:1).

Even if we wanted to we couldn’t direct and order our children’s days and ways. But not so with God – Psalms 37:23 tells us, “The steps of a “good” man are directed and established by the Lord when He delights in his ways and He busies Himself with his every step” (Amp.). I enjoy savoring the comforting words of this scripture: 1) “The steps of a ‘good’ man” – that is you and me when are trusting God and following in His ways; 2) then, “He delights in our ways” of trust and rest; 3) “and He busies Himself with our every step.” What solace, what comfort, what incentive to love Him more, to obey Him quicker, and to stay filled with His Spirit, when we realize this most magnificent obsession God has with us when our ways please Him.

We sometimes don’t understand the way God is taking us but our only responsibility is to follow. It may hard and rocky; there may be thorns, pitfalls, high mountains to climb and deep valleys to go through but the Father has “ordered” this way for us. He knows this way is necessary to humble us, knock off our rough edges, and teach us His ways and how to trust Him through them all. We just have to acknowledge that it is the God of the universe Who has ordered our way and will direct us through to the end. (Prov.3:5-6).

“Through It All”
Andre Crouch

I’ve had many tears and sorrows; I’ve had questions for tomorrow,
There’ve been times I didn’t know right from wrong;
But in every situation God gave blessed consolation,
That my trials come to only make me strong.

I’ve been to lots of places, And I’ve seen a lot of faces,
There’ve been times I felt so all alone;
But in my lonely hours, Yes, those precious lonely hours,
Jesus let me know that I was His own.

I thank God for the mountains, And I thank Him for the valleys,
I thank Him for the storms He bro’t me through;
For if I’d never had a problem I wouldn’t know that He could solve them,
I’d never know what faith in God could do.

Chorus- Through it all, Through it all, I’ve learned to trust in Jesus, I’ve learned to trust in God. Through it all, Through it all, I’ve learned to depend upon His Word.