The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Ezra 5:5,
"The eye of their God was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received."
The governor of Trans-Euphrates and others went to question the Jews when they began rebuilding the temple. The temple Solomon built had been destroyed when the Babylonians captured and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC. Now, following a seventy year captivity in Babylon, the Jews were allowed to return to their homeland with the permission from King Cyrus to rebuild the temple.
All of this was orchestrated by God and so when the Jews working on the temple project were questioned by the locals, God insured the work was not stopped, "The eye of their God was watching..."
The nature of God is unfathomable to me and his "omniscience" is something I struggle to conceive. Omniscience is the quality or state of knowing everything. How do I, a man clearly lacking that quality, wrap my feeble brain around that?! Yet, there it is and he knows everything all the time. He just simply knows it all! He understands everything, he knows everything, he is aware of everything, he observes everything. It is simply astounding!
"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13.
"You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain." Psalm 139:1-6
"The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good." Psalm 15:3.
"... the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought." 1 Chronicles 28:9.
"The eye of their God was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received."
The governor of Trans-Euphrates and others went to question the Jews when they began rebuilding the temple. The temple Solomon built had been destroyed when the Babylonians captured and destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC. Now, following a seventy year captivity in Babylon, the Jews were allowed to return to their homeland with the permission from King Cyrus to rebuild the temple.
All of this was orchestrated by God and so when the Jews working on the temple project were questioned by the locals, God insured the work was not stopped, "The eye of their God was watching..."
The nature of God is unfathomable to me and his "omniscience" is something I struggle to conceive. Omniscience is the quality or state of knowing everything. How do I, a man clearly lacking that quality, wrap my feeble brain around that?! Yet, there it is and he knows everything all the time. He just simply knows it all! He understands everything, he knows everything, he is aware of everything, he observes everything. It is simply astounding!
"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13.
"You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain." Psalm 139:1-6
"The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good." Psalm 15:3.
"... the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought." 1 Chronicles 28:9.
Breathtaking, isn't it?!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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