Omniscient

Back in 2020 a German artist took 99 smartphones, turned them all on, put them in a wagon, and walked down the street with them in tow. The result was a "traffic jam" reported by Google Maps to all its users in the area. Ninety-nine phones moving really slow. It was just a sideshow, of course, a "Google hack," but what really struck me was that Google was tracking 99 phones ... without "permission" or informing the users. That is, Google is able to tell where any phone is at any time including location, speed, and direction.

Now, of course, it shouldn't really surprise us. The capability of tracking millions of phones is impressive, and the intrusion is minor, but it made me think down a different track. That feat wouldn't even be a challenge for God. The Omniscient God knows everything. He knows what was, what is, what will be. He knows what you've done, what you haven't done, and what you will do. He knows all contingencies, but He knows nothing contingently. "Well, this will happen if that happens ..." He knows all the "could haves" and all the "will bes." He knows your every thought. Your location, speed, and direction? Trivial. And He does it without your permission. Well, to be fair, being God, He could not not do it. He's Omniscient.

I have had many occasions that I've wished I could "delete files" in my brain. Remove a memory. Cancel a line of thinking. Block a tendency. And while God promises not to remember my sin, having forgiven it, that doesn't mean He has forgotten my sin ... or He wouldn't be Omniscient, would He? I can't know stuff He doesn't know. That's just nonsense. So if I wish I could delete stuff from my mind, how much more do I wish I could do the same from His. But, He is Omniscient, which means He can't not see or unsee anything. I guess the only remedy is to stop saying, doing, or thinking anything I don't want Him to see. I guess I have my work cut out for me.