Acts 10:5

Send men. God willed that Cornelius should make an active effort to obtain knowledge of the gospel. Truths gained as the result of personal inquiry often are more preciously treasured than those that are urged upon us.

Call for one Simon. Doubtless the centurion could have discovered that Simon the apostle was staying with Simon the tanner. But God, the Omniscient One, knew where Peter was and directed Cornelius accordingly. In His omniscience God knows every intimate detail about each one. Man’s realization of this can be a deterrent from sin; better, it is a vast encouragement to godly living. The psalmist’s wanderings and accompanying sorrows were known to God. Even the fall of the sparrow is noted by the Lord, and the hairs of men’s heads are numbered. The parallel between the experience of Cornelius and that of Ananias and Saul is notable.