Marvelous God

"Marvelous God, you are so good" is the simple line Moses Bliss builds the song on, and he backs it with a claim about what God does: "You do what no man can do, open doors no man can shut." Verses in Nigerian Pidgin make it personal. The singer remembers being picked up from the other side, planted by the water, cleaned up and organized.

Each knock brings an open door: "Anytime I knock, you no waste time." A blessing then gets poured on his head, and the bridge adds that anything God says is "yea and amen" and that calling Him good is an understatement. A later section turns to astonishment, "see the things you do, e dey blow my mind," ending on the thought that when he supposed God had done too much, "you still dey do."

The open doors that cannot be shut echo Revelation 3:8, the knocking and opening recall Jesus' promise in Matthew 7, and the amazement at God's abundance matches Ephesians 3. It is a testimony song, joyful in tone, suited to thanksgiving and praise services.