Example: God’s Omniscience

By Elizabeth Prata

Example: God’s Provision
Example: God’s Healing

In this short, simple series, I show some of God’s actions and attributes from His word. An example of God’s provision was when the student-prophet in 2 Kings 6 made the axe head float. His provision doesn’t have to be the “big things” like feeding the 5000, He made provision for an impoverished student who had borrowed an axe and lost it in the river.

In this example today, we see an example of God’s omniscience. Omniscience is an attribute of God. Omniscience is defined as “the state of having total knowledge, the quality of knowing everything.” Another way to say God is omniscient is to say God is all-knowing.

Now the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.” But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, saying, “Be careful that you do not pass this place, because the Arameans are coming down there.” And the king of Israel sent scouts to the place about which the man of God had told him; so he warned him, so that he was on his guard there, more than once or twice. (2 Kings 6:8-12).

It’s interesting that the servants knew of the nature of Elisha’s relationship with God and that the information was coming from Him, but the king of Aram didn’t. It never even crossed his mind.

God knows everything that has happened, is happening, and is going to happen- because He is the author and architect of history. He knows what is in a person’s mind. He knows what is in a person’s heart.

Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Yahweh, You know it all. (Psalm 139:4)

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are uncovered and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we have an account to give. (Hebrews 4:13)