Doing wonders

"Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? - Exodus 15v11

We had a great Bible study last night. We are looking at the names for Christ from Isaiah 9. After some introductory thoughts we camped on the word ‘Wonderful.’ It is a word that we can take almost for granted. We have heard it in Handle’s ‘Messiah’ and we have probably heard it preached on. As time goes by the name ‘Wonderful’ sadly loses some of its ‘wonder.’

The word is really a wonderful word and as one of the folks in Bible study said last night, it makes for a ‘wonderful’ study. As Israel praised God for His deliverance one of the things they pointed out was that He was above all gods; glorious in His holiness, fearful in His praises, and doing wonders. He does these wonders because He is Wonderful.

The word used here is the same word used in Isaiah 9v6. The word speaks of miracles. It speaks of doing the impossible. It speaks of Godness because it speaks of doing things that man cannot do.

The English word ‘wonder’ in a sense cheapens the Biblical word. We can speak of a wonderful meal or a wonderful time or a wonderful game.

The Bible word for ‘wonder’ though is exclusive to Deity. God is the only one who can truly do wonders. Praise God for the One Who is called ‘Wonderful!’