All-Knowing and Trustworthy

Have you ever met a "know it all" - at least, that's what Mom called a person who seemed to "think" he or she knew everything and didn't mind sharing it! I've heard that it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt! Psalm 139 is one of the greatest chapters in Scripture as it speaks to the only One Who has all knowledge - that is, God Himself. David writes, "You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, and are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord, You know it all." (Psalm 139:2-4 NASB). God is omniscient - He is All-Knowing; there is nothing about me or you or anything else that God does not know! He knows each one of us better than we know ourselves! Furthermore, God is completely trustworthy with all that information; what do I mean by that? Well, Verse 5 says, "You have enclosed (encircled) me behind and before, and [You have] placed Your hand upon me." God's intimate knowledge of His children is safe with Him; He uses it to protect and help us, caring for us in ways we cannot fully imagine.  I'm fairly confident none of us could trust such intimate and complete knowledge with one another - not even our closest friends - because we are sinful and have a tendency to deal harshly and judgmentally with each other at times. That is never God's purpose: "I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29:11 NASB). We can take comfort and joy in our All-Knowing God - Who knows us altogether - to use His knowledge always for our good and His glory. Praise be to The Father ... All-Knowing and Trustworthy.