Good morning,
God rules over His creation. Is that theology or practicality in our lives? Another election cycle will be over this week. The results will not be known for days, weeks, or months.
God is not a politician.
This week we see, from the Scriptures, that God reigns over His creation. It is His. He made it. Whether we agree with the outcome of the election, God is still in control. Never forget that.
GOD’S OMNISCIENCE is defined as “the state of having total knowledge, the quality of knowing everything.” For God to be sovereign over His creation of all things, whether visible or invisible, He has to be all-knowing. His omniscience is not restricted to any one person in the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all by nature omniscient.
A. GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING (1 JOHN 3:19-20) V20
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
B. GOD IS PERFECT IN KNOWLEDGE (JOB 37:16)
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
C. GOD’S UNDERSTANDING HAS NO LIMITS (PSM 147:5)
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
D. GOD’S EYES ARE EVRYWHERE (PROV 15:3)
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
The fact that God is omniscient can be a double-edged sword for the believer in Christ. God knows all the good things we do. Our obedience to God’s word, our love, compassion, and mercy to others, and our work for Him. But He also knows the things no one else knows. He knows our hearts. He knows the wicked thoughts, actions, desires, which run counter to God’s word.
However, the believer in Christ, has the Holy Spirit residing within us, to convict us of our sin. We either choose to repent and continue to follow God or rebel and walk further away from God.
Whatever we do, God knows it. God’s desire is that we would always be in fellowship with Him. He also knows that will not happen. So, He creates circumstances to draw us back to Him.
God was not caught off guard by how this election came out. He knew all the players, all their back rounds, all their corruptions, and all the lies that were spoken. He could have destroyed the whole lot of them if He had chosen. But He did not.
God has a plan. We are not privy to God’s plan. Our responsibility is to serve God according to the commands written in the Bible.
God’s omniscience is a wonderful thing.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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