Godly Motivations

[John 6IX Breezy]

Omniscience doesn't mean all knowing, omnipotence doesn't mean all powerful.

What I describe has been the standard view since about the time of Aristotle. 

I've always viewed the terms omniscience, omnipotence, and such as philosophical rather than Biblical terms; they are caricatures in my opinion.

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God does stuff, and has done stuff.  We're told this constantly.

Why?  What could possibly motivate such a being to create or do anything?  God knows everything and can do everything.  God is complete and unchanging.  How could such a being possibly have any motivation whatsoever? 

Boru

Motivation is a very human experience; even within the greater sphere of biological organisms an animal can be driven towards a behavior without necessarily experiencing a motivation to do so, it is instinctual for lack of a better term. When we step on a tack we immediately withdraw our feet without experiencing a motive; the sensory information doesn't even reach the brain and the reflex is initiated. In other words, motivation isn't the only drive for behavior.

That said, even if we ascribe human-like motivations to God, the objections you've raised shouldn't have an effect since a lot of our motivations are internally generated. For example, we can't know and do everything, but we still find motivation to do the things we already know and already do. We hear the same songs over and over, watch a movie more than once, we form habits and seem to enjoy routine activities, we often feel more comfortable in the known than the unknown.

Something about your objection reminds me of Frank Jackson's knowledge argument; the general idea that there's a distinction between knowing something and experiencing it. God can know all things, and still be motivated to experience it. We're the same way, knowing something does not inhibit our desire to experience it again.