All-Knowing
God knows every secret of the heart. ~ Psalm 44:21 (CEB)
These are the words of the one who is the first and the last, who died and came back to life: I know your hardship and poverty... ~ Revelation 2:8-9 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
God knows it all.
PRAYER:
God, you are not only all-powerful -- so powerful that you can raise the dead -- but you are all-knowing. You know all secrets and you know all of the issues that drive us. You have as a fully human Savior experienced it all yourself. Save me from my doubts and fears. Help me to trust that your solutions are ultimately the best solutions for the world and for me. I'm glad that you know so much. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
