Attributes - Part 4

Remember when you were a kid and it seemed like your mom must have eyes in the back of her head? I always thought she had some secret way of knowing everything. Come to find out, only God is all knowing or omniscient. He knows the past, present and future. Hebrews 4:13 tells us, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Matthew says that He knows when a sparrow falls to the ground, and that even the hairs on our head are numbered. Psalm 139:2-4 states, “You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.” Does this sound like someone who would have been playing hide and seek in the garden with Adam? NO! God asked Adam, “Where are you?” Like we ask our children, “Do you need a spanking?” or when someone wakes you up at midnight with a phone call and asks, “Oh, I’m sorry, did I wake you up?”

GOD IS LIGHT. At first glance one might think that this is just a figure of speech, but upon close examination of the scripture we see that light is actually a characteristic of God. He is light spiritually, and He illuminates.  Isaiah 60:19,20 says, “The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end”. II Samuel goes on to say, “You are a lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light.” Matthew 17:5 states, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Finally, in Revelation, “There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever.”

*Many of God’s attributes are beyond finding out, or beyond our comprehension. The Bible speaks of His majesty, honor, strength, greatness, power, glory, victory and beauty; His wisdom, dominion, power and awesomeness. Job 11:7 says, “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?” In Romans 11:33 it states, “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!” We cannot know everything about God, but we should seek to know what He has revealed to us in His word.