Knowledge Too Lofty

December 12

(Psalm 139:1-6 NIV) “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. {2} You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. {3} You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. {4} Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. {5} You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. {6} Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.”

(Romans 11:33-36 NIV) “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! {34} "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" {35} "Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?" {36} For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.”

(Hebrews 4:13 NIV) “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”

Our God is all knowing. The fancy word for this quality is “omniscient”. God knows our past, present, and future. He knows what we did yesterday. He knows what we are doing today. He knows what we will do tomorrow. Some object to God knowing the future. They think it eliminates our free will. But while creation lives on a linear time line, the Creator lives above time, in the eternal now. In time, we are free to act. In eternity, God is free to know what we will do. There is no “tomorrow” in eternity -- there is only the present. God told Moses His name was “I Am” -- not “I was” or “I will be”… but “I Am”. This is difficult for human minds to fathom. It is unsearchable. It is too deep and rich -- too wonderful and too lofty for us to comprehend. Humanity cannot approach this level of knowledge. But what we can do is worship our God and give Him glory. Praise the Lord today! -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day