The Unseen

For you are great and do wondrous things. – Psalm 86:10

As today’s verse says, God is great and does wondrous things. He is great in character—loving, forgiving, holy. He has done great things—created the universe, put order to world events, and redeemed the world through Christ. However, His greatness and wonder are also found in small things—a baby’s giggle, a kind deed, a supplied need. Look around you and spot the wondrous things God is doing in your life and express your gratitude. 

The people, provisions, and events that give you pleasure are blessings from God. The character He works in you when things are not going your way is also His gift. Give Him thanks for health, friends, family, and your church. 1 Timothy 6:6 says, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” When Paul said that he can do all things in Christ (Philippians 4:13) he referred to being content in every situation. Yet Jesus also encouraged His disciples to press into His grace, asking, seeking, and knocking for good and godly things (Matthew 7:7). 

As you grow in Him, you realize the most important things are unseen (2 Corinthians 4:18). Seek the Lord for answers and solutions for the issues and needs of the United States, its government officials and its citizens. Give thanks to the unseen God who is great and does wondrous things. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God” (Colossians 3:16).  

Today’s Verse: Psalm 86:10

For you are great and do wondrous things; 
    you alone are God. 

All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Recommended for further reading: Lamentations 3:19-33

Remember my affliction and my wanderings, 
    the wormwood and the gall! 
20 My soul continually remembers it 
    and is bowed down within me. 
21 But this I call to mind, 
    and therefore I have hope: 

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; 
    his mercies never come to an end; 
23 they are new every morning; 
    great is your faithfulness. 
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, 
    “therefore I will hope in him.” 

25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him, 
    to the soul who seeks him. 
26 It is good that one should wait quietly 
    for the salvation of the Lord. 
27 It is good for a man that he bear 
    the yoke in his youth. 

28 Let him sit alone in silence 
    when it is laid on him; 
29 let him put his mouth in the dust— 
    there may yet be hope; 
30 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, 
    and let him be filled with insults. 

31 For the Lord will not 
    cast off forever, 
32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion 
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love; 
33 for he does not afflict from his heart 
    or grieve the children of men. 

All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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