The Psalmist wrote “Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite” (Psalm 147:5). It really should not surprise us to understand that the God who created all things quite literally knows all things, as well. One naturally follows the other. He created the galaxies, our universe and solar system; he hung the stars in space – billions of them. Yet he also created the earth with its seasons, varying topographies, and creature inhabitants of both land and sea.
When Moses balked at going back to Egypt to lead the children of Israel out, he said that he was “not eloquent…but…slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the LORD said unto him, who hath made man’s mouth? Or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have not I the LORD?” (Exodus 4:10-11).
Speaking of the tongue, David acknowledged that God knew his very thoughts. He confessed to the LORD “there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, that knowest it altogether…Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it” (Psalm 139:4-6).
Frankly, isn’t that the way we would want it if we were to make up our own God? Wouldn’t we want a God who knew all things? Wouldn’t we want a God to whom we could go with every problem, every question, every care? But we have such a God! We do not need to create such a God. We have a God who created us and knows ALL things.
The Bible teaches us “the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him” (2 Chronicles 16:9). This God who knows all things knows our fears and how to quiet them. He knows our weaknesses and how to strengthen us. He knows our perplexities and how to guide us through them. He knows the dangers we face and how to deliver us.
Do you know this God? His name is Jesus and in him are “hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3). There are many that profess to know him. What a tragedy it would be in the day of judgment for this God who knows all things “to profess unto them I never knew you; depart from me ye that work iniquity” (Matthew 7:21). But for the child of God he declares “Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by name; thou art mine” (Isaiah 43:1).
From the Chaplain 