The Answerer

Good question, and ‘Yes.’ He does know but I cannot tell you how? I do know that God has divine (sacred) powers to do such things. We know nothing of these powers except that prayer often changes things our way.

King David deeply trusted God and, as a teenager, killed Goliath, the giant loudmouth, with a stone from his slingshot – the stone sunk into his forehead (no brain to stop it!). This is recorded in 1 Samuel chapter 17 verses 26 to 53. The Bible does not record any prayer of David then; but his mind and words tell us that he must have said a prayer of some sort in his mind as this teenager ran towards Goliath with his stones and his slingshot – towards a three metre tall giant.

David wrote most of the Psalms about God whom he loved so much. David was no angel – he sinned plenty, but he knew that God knew his every thought. He wrote: “O lord you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely O Lord. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.” (Psalm 139 verses 1-6)

This writer, (The Answerer), had an experience last year (details forgotten, sorry) where I added up some unusual happenings when some things went ’My way’. I did not profit financially but it was unusually good in that I figured that God must have known my thoughts and heard my prayers. I do feel silly at not remembering the details (if I remember it I’ll put it on this site later).