No human has comprehensive, exhaustive knowledge of God. As Paul emphatically declares in Ephesians 3:20, “He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think. Psalm 139 reflects this poignant truth.
- God’s omniscience (His knowledge of everything that can be known in the past, present, and future) is exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think (vv. 1-6).
- God’s omnipresence (His ability to be everywhere that exists) is exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think (vv. 7-12).
- God’s omnipotence (His power to do everything that can be done) is exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think.
- God’s holiness (His absolute righteousness that makes Him so utterly pure that He cannot even be tempted to sin) is exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think (vv. 19-22).
This makes David’s requests at the close of this meditation so stunning. To the God whose omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, and holiness is exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, David prayed: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting” (vv. 23-24).
David truly was a man after God’s own heart!
