“O LORD, You have searched me
and known me. You know when I sit
down and when I rise up; You do scrutinize my path
and my lying down, and are intimately acquainted
with all my ways” (Psalm 139:1-3).
Have you ever taught God
anything? The truth is God has never learned from
anyone. If He did or could he would not be God. He
would be another imperfect person.
I am grateful that nothing
catches the LORD God by surprise.
Adam’s sin did not catch Him by surprise and
neither does mine. His perfect
knowledge of me makes me love and appreciate His
grace more every day.
A. W. Tozer wrote in Knowledge
of the Holy, “God knows instantly and effortlessly
all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirits,
all being and every being, all creaturehood and all
creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all
law and every law, all relations, all causes, all
thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling,
all desires, every uttered secret, all thrones and
dominions, all personalities, all things visible and
invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space,
time, life, death, good, evil, heaven, and hell…”
The apostle Paul said, “Oh, the
depths of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of
God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths
beyond tracing out!” (Rom 11:33)
God knows everything about us
muses the Psalmist David.
That is one of the most astonishing facts and great
comfort for the Christian.
We can never be out of His
mind. It is most reassuring to be
always in His conscious presence.
He sees and knows everything all the time.
It is humbling and encouraging.
“You have enclosed me behind
and before, and laid Your hand upon me” (v.5).
Not only are we in His
presence, but all our habits, plans, aims, desires,
attitudes, ambitions, etc. are known to Him.
“You understand my thoughts from afar”
(v.2b). “He knows the secrets of
the heart” (Ps. 44:21b). Jesus
said, “God knows your hearts” (Lk. 16:15).
The LORD said to Samuel, “God sees not as man
sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but
the LORD looks at the heart” (I. Sam. 16:7).
Again to King Solomon God said, “The LORD
searches all hearts, and understands every intent of
the thoughts. If you seek Him, He
will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He
will reject you forever” (1 Chron. 28:9).
King David realized that God
was thoroughly familiar with all his daily
activities, from his going out in the morning to
begin his day until his lying down at night in
sleep. Even before David could
frame a word on his lips, the LORD was thoroughly
familiar with what he was going to say.
Perhaps your first reaction is
like that of Tozer who said, “In the divine
omniscience we see set forth against each other the
terror and fascination of the Godhead.
That God knows each person through and
through can be a cause of shaking fear to the man
that has something to hide – some unforsaken sin,
some secret crime committed against man or God” (pp.
61-63).
On the other hand, the apostle
Paul reminds us that this same knowledge of God
brings comfort in time of suffering.
“He who searches the hearts knows what the
mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the
saints according to the will of God” (Rom. 8:27).
Selah!
Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006
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Wil is a graduate of William Carey University, B. A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. M.; and Azusa Pacific University, M. A. He has pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. S, and served for over 20 years as missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. He had a daily expository Bible teaching ministry head in over 100 countries from 1972-2005. He continues to seek opportunities to be personally involved in world missions. Wil and his wife Ann have three grown daughters. He currently serves as a Baptist pastor and teaches seminary extension courses in Ecuador.
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