“Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools when will you become wise? 9. Does He who implanted the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see? 10. Does He who disciplines nations not punish? Does He who teaches man lack knowledge. 11. The Lord knows the thoughts of man; He knows that they are futile.”
As this text informs us, people’s ignorance of the knowledge of God is not a new thing. It really makes sense when you think about it that the God who created the ear can hear, and that the God who created the eye can see. Surely, we understand that the God, who is all-knowing, knows what is going on in the world and in our lives. I think that millions of people today are oblivious to the fact that God is aware of what is going on in their lives. God, indeed, knows what is going on. This is a warning, but it is not altogether bad news. God is aware of every detail of our lives because He cares about what is going on in our lives. Jesus illustrated this over and over again in the four gospels as He preached, healed, and ministered to people. Sometimes He even told people what they were thinking, and it was always for their good. The Bible points out that God is aware of the sinfulness of people, and that He judges sin, but it also points out that God loves us in spite of the fact that He knows everything about us. The rich young man in Mark 10 who asked Jesus how he could have eternal life, was told that he would need to sell everything that he had, give it to the poor and come follow Jesus. The young man could not do that. Jesus knew what his decision would be, but the Bible tells us in Mark 10:21 that, “Jesus beholding him, loved him." This doesn’t mean that Jesus didn’t care that the young man refused to do what He told him to do, but it does mean that Jesus loved him. God knows everything about us, but He does not badger us. He gives us freedom. For example, when God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and told Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit, He did not put a high fence around the tree, nor did He place it so high on the tree that they could not reach it. He simply told them not to eat it and what would happen if they did. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and paid a steep price for it. God gives us freedom of thought and deed, but He exacts a price for our disobedience. We need to watch our thoughts and actions because God is aware of what is going on in our minds and hearts and in our lives. The good news here is that while God exacts a price for our sins, He also is willing to forgive us for our sins. When we misuse our freedom and disobey God, He does not cast us away forever. He longs for us to repent and to seek His forgiveness. What I am trying to relate here is something that I have written in these pages before, and that is that God wants the best for us. He wants us to surrender our wills to His will and live in obedience to Him. He is always ready to forgive us. That is why He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die as a sacrifice for our sins. I don’t know where you are in your relationship with God at the present time, but I do know that God wants you to “draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.” (James 4:8) Many people today are “deists” in their thinking about God. A deist is one who believes that there is a God, but that He does not care about us, and that He is oblivious to what is going on in our lives. Deists believe that God created the world, put things into motion and went His own way. I guess He just disappeared into the universe. This is not what the Bible teaches us about God. Throughout the Bible we are made aware that God is involved in His world, and that He is involved in our lives. It is really true that God knows what is going on. Bro. Joe
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