The Greatness of Our God

Today I was reminded of our God's omniscience. He knows all things, even to the innermost recesses of our hearts. "Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart." (Psa 44:21 NASB) This can be a torment to the sinner for God sees our thoughts and intentions (Heb 4:12). It is a grace to the righteous, for he hears our cry even before we call (Gen 24:45)

The sinner cannot stand the light of God, for sinners delight in evil. As the Scripture says, "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed." (Jn 3:19, 20 NASB) We are reminded by the prophet “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings." (Jer 17:9, 10 NKJV)

Conversely, the righteous man can rejoice in this omniscience, for this means his God is an ever present help in time of need! (Psa 46:1) He need not verbally cry out, for God hears the inmost heart-cry. (I Sam 1:13, 17)

I was reminded of this today with my daily Bible reading. This is an area of personal struggle for me; I don't make time to spend in prayer and study. One of my resolutions is to read a little Scripture every day: ergo the One Year Bible side tab. Today's reading included Genesis 24. In it, Abraham's servant prays for help in finding a wife for Isaac.

What stuck me was the following passage: "So I came today to the spring, and said, 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful; behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar"; and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"; let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

"Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'" (Gen 24:42-45 NASB)

I was thus reminded of God's great sovereignty in all things. Even the silent prayer of the servants heart was heard by our God. What an encouragement to press onward and daily talk to Him, even in the quietness of my spirit.