I’ve been meditating on the last part of Psalm 119:168, “…for all Your ways are before me.” The Lord always leads us into His ways as we walk in His paths. Psalm 23:3b says, “…He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”

His ways are proven because He goes before us. Psalm 85:13 says, “Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway.” His discipline, every adversity, trial, hardship, or impossibility that we face, is designed and orchestrated by Him.

Hebrews 12:11 says, “Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”

The Amplified described this process as, “…in conformity to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action…” Romans 8:29 says, “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son.” Conformity is God’s way to enable us to reflect His character throughout every aspect of our lives. Conformity is pressure that helps us center on Him.