Infinite in Wisdom

How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
(Psalm 104:24)

God is infinitely exalted above all created beings in wisdom. How little do even the wisest of men know! How frequently are they deceived and frustrated, their wisdom turned to foolishness, and their schemes undermined! But when did God's wisdom ever fail? When was He frustrated from accomplishing His purposes, even though all the bleak army of hell continually tries to overturn His will? When was it that God altered His mind and purpose or took a wrong step in His rule of the world?

Solomon realized he needed uncommon and extraordinary wisdom to rule such a kingdom as he had; but what wisdom, what vast knowledge and infinite insight must He have who rules and governs every being in the world? How great is the wisdom of Him who rules every thought, every purpose, every motion and action, not only of angels and men but of every creature, great and small, even to every atom in the whole creation -- and that forever and ever! What infinite wisdom and knowledge is necessary in order to do this!

But this is exactly what God does. This He has done and this He will do. All the changes that occur in all the world, whether great or small, He knows them completely, even to the tiniest insect that crawls upon the earth or the dust that flies in the air.

But God's wisdom and omniscience shine clearest of all in His perfect knowledge of Himself. We miserable worms are confounded by the idea that He is eternal, that He has existed from everlasting to everlasting -- yet He clearly understands it with the greatest of ease, in one simple view. He also fully comprehends His own infinite greatness and excellency, which no one can do without infinite understand.

--Jonathan Edwards