GOD KNOWS

“God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his’” (2 Timothy 2:19).

Praise God, we serve a God who knows. 

Our knowledge has its limits, we are sometimes at a loss what to do next. But we have a firm foundation beneath us—God knows. He is aware, so we look to him. 

Perhaps some people think that God does not always see, but the Lord’s response is, “I have been watching! declares the LORD” (Jer 7:11).

Yes, the Lord knows those who are committed to him in truth and humility and those who are not. Men look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 

“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” (2 Chron 16:9). 

While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, Jethro suggested that Moses should select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hated dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. Which Moses did, so if the men in charge of “tens” had a problem that they found hard to resolve they could take it to the next level. And if the man on the next level found it hard to solve he could take it higher still, and so on right up to Moses.

Moses was a man who they could fall back on, but Moses himself had another level to fall back on and that was his firm foundation, the Lord Almighty, the God who knows. 

The Lord wants us to do what we can, and use the talents, gifts and abilities that he has given us, God uses people. But each committed man or woman has the firm foundation of God to stand on. 

Moses had the Egyptian army on one side and the disgruntled children of Israel on the other and we find that Moses cried out to the Lord: “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on’” (Exod 14:15). 

The Lord knew the route for Moses and the people to take. We too, have people that we can look to, for God has set order in his church, and God uses people, who are inspired by his Spirit to help, minister and encourage the Body of Christ here on earth. But beneath us all are the everlasting arms of God—a firm foundation for all of us.

 “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms” (Deut 33:27).