11122022 What God Knows

Dear Missionary Lady,

Greetings in the name of our omniscient God. There are many things that we don’t know, but there is nothing that God does not know. The list of what God knows is inexhaustible, but there are some verses that are special in what they reveal of God’s knowledge.

In spite of how exalted God is, He considers lowly man to be of importance, and He knows of our existence and state. “LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!” (Psalm 144:3).

God knows in a special way those who belong to Him. “The Lord knoweth them that are his” (II Timothy 2:19). He knows who has chosen to follow and trust in Him. “The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him” (Nahum 1:7).

God knows us from our beginning, and even before. “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee” (Jeremiah 1:5). God already knows His plan for us. He knows exactly where our path will take us. “For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous” (Psalm 1:6). He knows exactly what our days will hold. “The LORD knoweth the days of the upright” (Psalm 37:18).

God knows when things are hard. “When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path” (Psalm 142:3).

God knows what His plans are. Just as Jesus knew what He would do in a particular instance, so God always knows what He will do in every situation. “For he himself knew what he would do” (John 6:6). God knows what the outcomes will be and what glory He will accomplish. “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold” (Job 23:10).

God knows our weakness. “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust” (Psalm 103:14). God knows how to deliver us in spite of our weakness. “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations” (II Peter 2:9).

God knows our everyday material needs. “For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things” (Matthew 6:32). In fact, God knows all of our needs in every area. “Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him” (Matthew 6:8).

God knows the things that are too deep and hidden for us to understand. “He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him” (Daniel 2:22). God knows the spiritual depths of His desires for us. “And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:27).

“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” (Romans 11:33). How wonderful to trust in Someone who knows us so well, who knows how to supply for us in every situation, and who knows all things that we do not know.

Love in Christ,

Peggy Holt

member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA