Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Together with the preceding verse, the verse teaches that God's way is in the sanctuary. It proclaims God as incomparable and unmatched in greatness, with none like Him. It declares that He is the God who does wonders and has declared His strength and power among the peoples and the nations. That same wonder-working and making known of power among people is the heart of the verse.
It shows that God's ways are unlike human ways, for He accomplishes His wonders in mysterious ways. God is not confined to a temple, yet He honors the gathered worship of His people with His presence by His Spirit. The verse assures that God is present when His people gather to seek Him, confess their sins, and pray for one another. True worship in its light requires hearts free of evil and worship in spirit and in truth and in holiness.
Christ fulfills the verse as the helper and trust of those carrying forward God's work, revealing Himself as a mighty wonder-working God. God's mysterious merciful care in the verse was seen when travel-worn James was upheld by God and his hard journey was used for his good, so that apparent hardship was part of God's care. God can also perform His wonders through changes in leadership, and keeping one person in conference leadership year after year can endanger that person's spiritual experience.
Together with the preceding verse, the verse teaches that God's way is in the sanctuary. It proclaims God as incomparable and unmatched in greatness, with none like Him. It declares that He is the God who does wonders and has declared His strength and power among the peoples and the nations. That same wonder-working and making known of power among people is the heart of the verse.
It shows that God's ways are unlike human ways, for He accomplishes His wonders in mysterious ways. God is not confined to a temple, yet He honors the gathered worship of His people with His presence by His Spirit. The verse assures that God is present when His people gather to seek Him, confess their sins, and pray for one another. True worship in its light requires hearts free of evil and worship in spirit and in truth and in holiness.
Christ fulfills the verse as the helper and trust of those carrying forward God's work, revealing Himself as a mighty wonder-working God. God's mysterious merciful care in the verse was seen when travel-worn James was upheld by God and his hard journey was used for his good, so that apparent hardship was part of God's care. God can also perform His wonders through changes in leadership, and keeping one person in conference leadership year after year can endanger that person's spiritual experience.