God knows everything there is to know. This includes all information that exists anywhere, as well as the knowledge of everything that's ever happened anywhere, is currently happening, and will happen in the future. It can be tempting at times to use this information as a threatening reminder that our children should behave themselves. We need to resist that temptation, however. Instead, we should present God's omniscience to our children as an incredibly awesome benefit to life. If our kids are in need of understanding or knowledge about absolutely anything, they can go to God and ask for his wisdom and his guidance and his direction.
"If any of you need wisdom, ask God for it. He will give it to you. God gives freely to everyone. He doesn't find fault." (James 1:5)
Solomon, a great king mentioned in the Bible, sincerely and wholeheartedly asked God for wisdom. God didn't just say abracadabra and all of a sudden Solomon's brain was crammed with all manner of wisdom and knowledge. On the contrary, Solomon started on a journey when he bagan trusting God to teach him. He learned to pursue wisdom and knowledge with all his heart while being tuned in to the One who knows everything.
Sometimes we think that Solomon's wisdom was limited to knowing how to handle people and life situations properly. But the Bible and history record that Solomon, besides being a great king, was also a master builder; an expert in botany and zoology, and a master of finance, commerce, and international trade. He made his country and his people so wealthy that silver became worthless and was piled up in the streets.
We should also make clear to our kids that there's a big difference between information and wisdom. We can get information from books and the internet, but wisdom comes from God. Information is stuff that can be stored on CD's and jump drives. But all the information in the world can't help us live life the way God intended it. Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing and being able to apply the principles that God gave us to function in harmony with the way he created life to work. Solomon himself tells us over and over in the Old Testament book of Proverbs that the key to life is wisdom and the key to wisdom is trusting the One who created and knows everything.
A great way to help our children understand the benefit of their Heavenly Father knowing everything is to tell them that they have, with them and on their side, the greatest teacher, coach, trainer, financial adviser, career counselor, family counselor, and overall life-planning expert possible.
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