The LORD Knows and Does

"Understand, you senseless among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise? ⁹ He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? ¹⁰ He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? ¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile."

Psalm 94:8-11

When I read this scripture last night, it struck me how all things man can do are tiny glimpses of the infinite capacity and ability of God.  Man devises machines to do work he cannot do alone with pulleys, cables, engines, hydraulics, compressors, pipes, wires, and computers.  God does everything, and therefore has no need for any help.  When God created man in His own image, He created human beings which temporarily possess mere shadows of His own unique abilities.  My sense of hearing is average compared to other people, but God is able to hear all prayers with understanding at the same time.  It only takes a tiny bug, an illness, or some earwax to greatly reduce our ability to hear, but God has no such limitation.  God sees all things, yet He sovereignly placed eyes in the front of the skull with a limited range of vision.  Glasses, binoculars, and microscopes only marginally improve our vision in comparison to God who formed the eye, as He sees the distant future as well as the hidden thoughts and motives of men.  Our eyes grow increasingly dim, but God's sight continues undimmed for eternity.

People have various degrees of ability to learn and teach others.  We have been specially created with a thirst for knowledge and understanding unmatched in the animal or plant kingdoms.  We have within us a conscience, the knowledge of right and wrong which is in agreement with God's Laws.  When Jesus walked the earth, He used many examples in nature in parables to instruct and teach men God's ways.  He is the God of all wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, and has become wisdom for all who trust in Him (1 Cor. 1:30-31).  God has given men the ability to think and reason, yet God's capacity for thoughts are eternal and infinite.  Men must search and research, but God knows all.  David instructed his son in 1 Chronicles 28:9, "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever."

The old song goes "Anything you can do I can do better," but the reality of God's character and power eclipses this song completely.  No man knows what God knows except God reveal it to Him, and without God man can do nothing - nor could he have even existed!  After being exposed to God's glorious wisdom and works, Job said in Job 42:2, "I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You."  How futile it is for man to speak against the glorious God, to charge Him with wrong, or to shake his puny fists toward Him.  God conceived in His mind and did what no man would have imagined had he been God:  God humbled himself, revealed Himself in the man Jesus Christ, and freely gave His life to save others.  Though His voice could boom like thunder and roar like waterfalls and burst our eardrums, He speaks in a still small voice to our hearts.  Everything you think you can do God does completely and infinitely, and this knowledge is a comfort to every believing, trusting soul.