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My 5:30 AM Meditation 1 Samuel 2:2- Boyace Van Harlan Jr., PhD
There is none holy as the Lord for there is none beside thee; neither is there any rock like our God – 1 Samuel 2:2
Our God is eternal- He antedates time! He is wholly independent of it. Time began with Him and will end with Him. To it God pays no tribute and from it He suffers no change!
Eternal God, whose power upholds
Both flower and flaming star,
To Whom there is no here nor there,
No time, no near nor far,
No alien race, no foreign shore,
No child unsought, unknown,
O send us forth, Thy prophets true,
To make all lands Thine own!
O God of love, whose Spirit wakes
In every human breast,
Whom love, and love alone can know,
In Whom all hearts find rest,
Help us to spread Thy gracious reign
Till greed and hate shall cease,
And kindness dwell in human hearts,
And all the earth find peace!
O God of truth, whom science seeks
And reverent souls adore,
Who lightest every earnest mind
Of every clime and shore,
Dispel the gloom of error’s night,
Of ignorance and fear,
Until true wisdom from above
Shall make life’s pathway clear!
O God of beauty, oft revealed
In dreams of human art,
In speech that flows to melody,
In holiness of heart,
Teach us to ban all ugliness
That blinds our eyes to Thee,
Till all shall know the loveliness
Of lives made fair and free.
O God of righteousness and grace,
Seen in the Christ, Thy Son,
Whose life and death reveal Thy face,
By Whom Thy will was done.
Inspire Thy heralds of good news
To live Thy life divine,
Till Christ has formed in all mankind
And every land is Thine!
Our God is immutable- He has never changed and can never change even in the most petite quantity. Being perfect He cannot become more perfect.
Psalm 102:27
But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Hebrews 6:17 & 18
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.
Our God is omniscient- He knows in one free and effortless act all matter, all spirit, all relationships, all events! He has no past and no future.
The fact that God is omniscient. God knows everything. He is perfect in knowledge. His understanding is infinite.
1 John 3:19-20 [19] This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence [20] whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
Job 37:16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?
Psalms 147:5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. What God knows. He sees all that occurs in every place and keeps watch upon the just and the wicked.
Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
Ezekiel 8:12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house ofIsrael are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
God knows everything in nature, every star and every sparrow.
Psalms 147:4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.
Matthew 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
He watches all mankind and considers each person’s works. He sees the ways of men, and He examines all each man’s goings.
Psalms 33:13-15 [13] From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind; [14] from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth — [15] he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
Proverbs 5:21 For a man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.
He knows all man’s deeds and experiences.
Psalms 139:2-3 [2] You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. [3] You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
He knows all man’s words.
Psalms 139:4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
He knows all man’s sorrows.
Exodus 3:7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people inEgypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.”
It seems sometimes as if He does not know man’s sorrows. It must have seemed so sometimes toIsraelinEgypt, but He did, and in time He proved it.
He understands all our motives. He understands our thoughts from a distance.
Psalms 139:1-2 [1] O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. [2] You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
God’s knowledge extends to minutest particulars.
Matthew 10:29-30 [29] Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. [30] And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
God has always known everything that will ever happen.
Acts 15:16-18 [16] ‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, [17] that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’ [18] that have been known for ages.
”Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.”
Isaiah 46:9-10 [9] Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. [10] I make known the end from the begin- ning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
God knows from the beginning what each individual man will do.
1 Peter 1:20 He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
Mark 13:32 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Matthew 20:17-19 [17] Now as Jesus was going up toJerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, [18] “We are going up toJerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death [19] and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
Exodus 3:19 But I know that the king ofEgypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him.
Acts 3:17-18 [17] Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. [18] But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, say- ing that his Christ would suffer.
2 Kings 7:1-2 [1] Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate ofSamaria.” [2] The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!”
Psalms 41:9 Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Galatians 1:15-17 [15] But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace, was pleased [16] to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, [17] nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went immediately into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
1 Peter 1:1-2 [1] … To God’s elect, … [2] who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
The whole plan of the ages and each man’s part in it has been known to God from all eternity.
Ephesians 1:9-12 [9] And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, [10] to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment — to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. [11] In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, [12] in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 3:6, 8-9 [6] This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together withIsrael, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus. … [8] … I am … to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, [9] and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
Colossians 1:25-26 [25] I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness — [26] the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints.
There are no afterthoughts with God. Well may we exclaim:
Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
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