The words tumble out of my mouth so fast there is no hope for me to stuff them back in…
“WHAT, in heaven’s name, do you think you are doing?!?!”
It happens all the time. I question those around me when I don’t agree with their choices or decisions.
It is isn’t a matter of needing information– it is a combination of frustration, pride, confusion and a little bit of shock.
I say these not-so-magic words to my husband when he is driving or doing “man-things” around the house (which he totally loves. <-sarcasm) I quip these words to our daughter when she grabs that piece of dog food and shoves it into her mouth for the two hundreth time. I say these words to strangers, muttered under my breath when they cut me off in traffic.
And yes, I even say these words to God sometimes.
Hard fact to admit, but it is the truth. When things start piling up and stop making sense to my earthly, right-now-see-only-a-sliver-of-the-picture-brain, my first instinct is to question God’s train of thought.
It is a habit that I am well aware of and am in the process of trying to break. But it isn’t easy. This fault shows a weak point in my faith, when I lose sight of this important truth:
God is All-Knowing.
There is never, ever a point where God is just winging it, guessing or making things up as He goes. He knows what He is doing– all the time.
He knows what I am thinking, how I will react and what will happen in the end. He knows everything about me and has only the best in mind for me– but yet, I still question.
There isn’t a problem, event, or person on earth that God doesn’t know about. He knows our hearts, our thoughts, our actions– and His plans for us are determined based on His incredibly loving heart and all-knowing divine way of thinking.
Although I know this truth in my heart, it is hard to make it a reality in my head on my hardest days. Those moments when the army gives us un-fun news, when the baby is sick, when I am sick, when the dog won’t stop whining and the words I need to write just won’t come. Those moments when loneliness overwhelms, where the future lurks, when the bills keep coming.
The moments when the tears are ready to be released, when our head aches and heart is heavy.
We don’t have to know all the answers. We don’t need detailed plans. We simply must trust this truth that God is all-knowing. He knows what we need and will equip us. He knows when we rise up and lie down, when we stay in and go out.
He knows. And because He knows, we don’t need to question.
That truth in itself is enough for me.
Do you find comfort in the fact that God is all-knowing? In what ways? You know the drill– leave a comment to join the conversation.
On the good days and hard days, remember dear friends– we don’t need to question, we just need to know that God is all-knowing.
All that is all the information we really need.
Trusting in His Know-how,
“For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.” ~1 Corinthians 2:11 NIV
