But what if God really didn't know the future so perfectly? Before you close the idea out, just think about it. What would that mean about his passion towards you and your prayers?
God doesn't need a crystal ball, showing him the future, to know how to react or what to do. He is God, he can take care of things with but a snap of his fingers, future knowledge is a luxury he can do without. There are other posts on this blog that explain why it is a biblical concept.
But back to the subject. Think about God's passion, and how real it must be if God didn't foresee and foreordain every event in human history.
Think back to creation. It is said Adam and Eve were being tested when they were given the Tree of Life. If God didn't know the outcome of that test before he put it in place, that would mean it was truly a real test. A test God surly hoped that man would pass. Please, try to imagine what it was like when God saw Adam fail the test.
Gen 3
8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
12 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
13 And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
God knew the answer to the questions because he saw the events unfold, but if he didn't foresee this, imagine the heartbreak. The hopes crushed. And that is true, God can really hope, he can really wish for something. He can truly desire. What passion he must have!
Think about the passion:
Luke 13:34
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!" - Jesus
Jonah 4:11
"And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?” - God
John 17:24
“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world." - Jesus
If God knows the future perfectly, every single event, this makes patience nearly impossible, hopes vanished, and leaves no room for passion. This is why scripture does not say he knows all of the future. Instead it shows God changing his mind about prophecies of doom because of his passion for the people, just like he did in Jonah.
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