Our Family Time With God

Oct. 15, 2009

IN THE KNOW

IN THE HERE AND NOW

Scripture Reading--Acts 15:18

"Known unto God are all his works

from the beginning of the world."

Important in our understanding of how much God knows is the fact that His knowledge is in the eternal present. Our knowledge is based on past experiences. We know how to sit in a chair because we learned to do so. We can talk because we learned a language and know how to communicate with it.

Not so with God. He never has to flip back into the past to consider anything. When God's attention is focused on you, He never has to stop and think, Now, let's see. When does he or she live in relation to when Abraham lived? God doesn't need to run through a mental checklist to figure things out.

Whatever you are going through right now is just as much in the present in God's mind as what Abraham did several thousand years ago. God knows the end in the beginning; His knowledge is timeless. According to Revelation 7, John the apostle has already seen those of us who are saved gathered around God's throne. But we're not even there yet! Yes, even the future is present tense with our God.

It's awesome to meditate on the vastness of God's knowledge. Though His knowledge of us is unlimited, it's also personal. He's not a God who created everything and left it to run on its own. He is personally and intimately involved with His creation and with each of us, His creatures. He is personally, presently, and consciously aware of everything going on in your life and in mine. These are the perfections of God's knowledge. His knowledge is perfect in that it's complete and all-inclusive--it's eternally present tense.

SELAH: Did you know that God sees what's going on in your heart right now? His desire is for you to acknowledge to Him what He already knows. Is there something you need to talk to Him about today?

--T.P. Johnston, Jr.--