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Someone once said that knowledge is power. Another person said it’s not important what you know but who you know.

While both are true, imagine what you can do if you had knowledge and you are close to the most important one you can possibly know. Some would say that the world is your oster, others will say your ceiling is unlimited.

Well, the truth is that there is a God who is called the Omniscient One. This means the God who is all knowing. He is a God who knows all things. He knows your circumstances today. He knows what is concerning you today. In fact He knows everything about you. However, because He is the Omniscient One, He doesn’t just know your circumstance, He also knows the answer to your circumstance, He has the answer to your problem.

Furthermore, He is the top man. When it cones to who you know, God the Omniscient One is the top of the pile, there is no higher, no greater, no more influential. So when you pray, it is not some meaningless religious act, it is the priviledge of having an audience with the One who knows all things.

Need an answer to the things of life, then pray. Need influence then pray. Need favor then pray. Need wisdom then pray. Need direction then pray. Why? Because the Omniscient One is listening and ready to speak!

There’s a Psalm in the Bible that says, ‘Where can I go from Your presence? If I go up to the mountain You are there, if I go down to the valley You are there!’

This Psalm is all about a Biblical truth about who God is. He is referred to as the Omni-present one. This literally means the All Present One, or the God who is always with you wherever you go.

A few years ago Verizon had a series of commercials entitled, ‘Can you hear me now?’ These commercials centered around someone on their cell phone going into different places where normally you wouldn’t get a cell signal, but the call would never drop. Verizon used this to show they had the best signal of any carrier.

God shows us He is the same when it comes to being in His presence. There is no-where you can go without him being near. You may feel lonely, forsaken, rejected or just can’t see, hear, or feel God. That may well be what you feel, but the truth is that God is near. He is with you wherever you go!

When you pray you are not communicating with someone half way around the world, not someone who is on the other end of the telephone line, but you are communicating with the Omni-present One. The One who is with you wherever you go!

Are you in need today? I mean really in need? Is there something you need in your life that you currently do not have? If so, then there is a God who has gone down in history as one who has been called, Jehovah Jireh that is able to help.

Abraham had been asked the unthinkable by God. He had been asked to prove his faithfulness to God by offering his only son to God as a burnt sacrifice.

Firstly, Abraham’s son was a miracle God had provided for Abraham. Secondly, Abraham’s son was the beginning of a promise given to Abraham. So in one request God was asking Abraham to give up his miracle and his promise.

However, in a remarkable act of faith Abraham kept God’s request to himself and told everyone that his son and himself would return after they worshipped God even though Abraham knew only he would return. The story continues to the point where God intervenes at the last moment just before Abraham is about to kill the boy and provides a Lamb who would take his sons place as a sacrifice.

Abraham then referred to God as Jehovah Jireh, meaning the God who will provide! I believe Abraham called God by this name because throughout his life God had provided where there was a lack.

God had provided a wife, a prosperous business, safety, fame, a son and now the final act of provision, a sacrifice. He realized that God is the great provider when you can’t provide for yourself.

Abraham is referred to in the New Testament as a friend of God. Friends communicate with one another. They spend time together and they trust each other. God knew he could trust Abraham, and Abraham certainly knew he could trust God.

When you pray today, you may be asking for God to provide. Provide funds, provide health, provide peace, provide favor, provide wisdom or even provide a son. Know that just as Abraham discovered that our God is the great Jehovah Jireh, the one who will provide all your needs!