Reflect on Perfection

The fact that God knows everything ought to strengthen our faith and cause us to bow down in adoration before Him. Yet how little do we reflect on this divine perfection! Those who are inclined to rebel against God hate this aspect of His being and would do away with it if they could. They wish there might be no witness to their sin, no searcher of their hearts, no judge of their deeds. How very solemn are the words of the psalmist recorded in Psalm 90:8: “You have set our unjust ways before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.”

To the believer, however, the truth of God’s omniscience (His all-knowledge) ought to be one of tremendous comfort and security. In times of perplexity we ought to say like Job: “He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold” (Jb 23:10). Whatever might be going on in our lives that is profoundly mysterious to us and quite incomprehensible to those who are around us, we must never lose sight of the fact that “He knows the way [we] have taken.” The psalmist, when seeking to stir his soul to confidence and hope, reminded himself in the midst of his weakness and weariness: “He knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust” (Ps 103:14). And Simon Peter, when his failure brought him almost to the point of despair and the searching question came “Do you love Me?” said: “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You” (Jn 21:17). Such knowledge should ever cause us to worship.

Further Study

Isa 55:1-9; Heb 4:12-13; 1Jn 3:20

What statement did God make?

What did the writer to the Hebrews confirm?