To Encourage You

John 18:25-27 “Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, ’You also are not one of his disciples, are you?’ He denied it and said, ’I am not.’ One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, ’Did I not see you in the garden with him?’ Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.”

Do you realize that God is omniscient?  That means He knows everything.  One of the many examples of this throughout the Scriptures is found in the account above.  Peter had not too long prior to this moment told Jesus so confidently, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” To which Jesus replied “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me (Luke 22:33-34).”  As this prophesy later unfolded, we see that Jesus knew that Peter would be given three specific opportunities to deny Him before the rooster crowed – not one, not two, and not four, but three. He knew who the three were that would do the asking. He knew that a rooster, actually, this particular rooster, would crow immediately after the third denial. Again, not the first or second denial, but the third.  I’ve never really thought much about this rooster until now, but the same God who knows about each and every sparrow that falls to the ground (Matthew 10:29) knows when and where every rooster is and when it will crow.  And then there are these words from God to Job “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?  Do you observe the calving of the does” (Job 39:1)?  Of course, implied here is that God does know, and He observes each one as they give birth high in the mountains beyond the view of any human eye.  He also knows the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30); how many days we will live (He knew this before we were born) (Psalm 139:16); and every word we speak, before we speak it (Psalm 139:4).  He knows when we sit down and when we get up, and He knows every thought we have ever had, or ever will have (and He knows them all already) (Psalm 139:2).  He knows how many stars there are, and He knows them to the intimate extent that He has given every one of them a name (Psalm 147:4). 

By comparison, we – including the most intelligent humans – know essentially nothing.  But the incredibly awesome truth is that we can know the One who knows everthing!  Do you know Him?  Do you want to?  Do you think you know enough to get along in this world without Him?  If you do think that, it just reveals that you know even less than you think you do.  In fact, that’s likely true for each and every one of us.  It’s especially true of those who say so emphatically “there is no god” for such a person is described by the all-knowing God as a fool (Psalm 14:1).

There is truly nothing greater than knowing the One Who knows it all. And there’s truly no greater blessing than to trust all aspects of our lives to this One Who knows what He’s doing, what we’re doing, and what everything and everyone else in the entire universe is doing every moment of every day. 

So, who are you trusting with your life; the One who knows it all, or someone else, including yourself, who knows almost nothing in comparison to this great God?