FOLLOW ON TO KNOW
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
When I read this verse in the KJV, it reminds me of conversations I have had with so many people when something happens that they just don’t understand, and they get stuck on the “Why did this happen?” or even “Why did God let this happen?”. When something happens that we don’t understand, the first thing the devil and religion want us to do is blame God. Just because you don’t know why or how something happened, don’t assume that God allowed it. There is an enemy and if it was bad, it came from the devil and not from God. How do we get past something we just don’t understand? We follow on to know the Lord.
Just in Hosea 6:3, He talks about how He comes; He comes as the rain. He tells us when He comes. He comes at planting and at harvest. God is not mysterious; His ways are not beyond finding out. As a matter of truth, the Lord tells us He reveals His thoughts and ways to us even though they are higher than ours (1 Corinthians 2:9-10). The Lord is not always secretive, but He also knows what we can and cannot understand in our current spiritual position. If you ask Him why something happened and He doesn’t tell you, you must trust Him because, at this current time, you are either unable to understand or it involves someone else and their will that He will not share with you. Again, you will just have to trust Him and go on with your life as you walk with Him.
When you decide to just follow on with Him, someday He may share with you why a situation happened but if not, because it is a secret thing that belongs only to the Lord (Deuteronomy 29:29), you will have to be ok with it. Don’t ever get stuck at the why! Move on, follow on. If not, it will cost you. You cannot control what others believe and what others do. You can only control your response to the situation. We have a great example of this concerning Abraham’s father, Terah. In Genesis 11:26-32, we see Terah’s story. He was called to go to the promised land, but because of the death of his son Haran, Terah could not fulfill the promise and the plan God had for him. He got stuck on the tragedy of his son’s death and couldn’t move past the why and the hurt, and it cost him the plan of God. I am not making light of this tragedy. I cannot imagine and do not want to imagine it, but we cannot get struck. We have to follow on to know. Are you stuck? Are you feeling yourself getting stuck? Then, decide this: I may not understand, but I will not get stuck here; I will follow on to know the Lord!