Friday, December 4, 2015

God Knows



Sometimes when I think about God, my head spins.  It spins when I consider the idea that God is aware of every molecule and DNA that exists in the universe.  My head actually hurts when I contemplate the idea that God knows every mosquito or fly that exists or ever existed.  Why do I have such stupid and useless ideas?  It’s because the Bible tells me that God knows every star and put each one in its place (Psalms 8:3, 147:4) and Jesus tells me that a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without God’s knowledge (Matthew 10:29, Luke 12:6).

Why ponder such ridiculous ideas?  It’s because when I consider that in the midst of the 8 billion people alive today, God is not only aware of my situation, but He even knows the joys and the cries of my heart.  This makes my head stop spinning, my heart stop pounding, and my blood pressure go down.

God knows.  This is an astonishing, marvelous, and comforting thought.  David was in awe of this thought.  David pondered, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars, which you have set in pace, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalms 8:3)

I join David in his contemplation.  As great and mighty as the LORD is, He thinks about me.  He considers me.  He cares for me.  He values me.  He loves me.  I can’t wrap my mind around it and I don’t understand it.  But it doesn’t matter.  I believe it and accept it—God knows.  That suffices.