Omniscience

I attended a Devotional today where the speaker talked about God's Omniscience.
God knows all. It is interesting to think about the implications of this simple statement, and discover that it is more intricate than it seems. He sees past, present, and future all at once in the here and now. He "knoweth all things, for all things are present" before Him (see D&C 38:2). This can be difficult to understand - as humans we know so little! - so I think about it like this: God experiences time and thought much differently than we do. If every event, every person, every action, thought, and desire were cards, then every single one would be laid out before Him. There is nothing hidden before him, no corner overlooked, and it is not just because He is familiar with the deck! God knows us and He knows what we will do, which gives Him the ability to teach, guide, and save us. We still have choice, it is simply that He knows how we will choose.

"Without the knowledge of all things, God would not be able to save any of His creatures."

"The Lord Himself said that He `knoweth all things, for all things are present' before Him. (D&C 38:2.) We read, too, that `all things are present with me, for I know them all.' (Moses 1:6.) Therefore, God's omniscience is not solely a function of prolonged and discerning familiarity with us-but of the stunning reality that the past and present and future are part of an `eternal now' with God!(Joseph Smith, History of the Church 4:597.)" 
~ Neal A. Maxwell, All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience, pp. 7,8.