God Of Wonders

Steve Crown builds the song around two seasons of suffering. In the first verse he lists "many problems," sickness, affliction, and the feeling that "all hope was lost." In the second it is tears, rejection, and "weakness and scars" that "seem to get the best of me." Each time a "tender voice" breaks in with a different message: God of time and mysteries, whose ways may not be understood but can be trusted.

The chorus answers with names rather than explanations. "God of wonders, God of signs, God of miracles" leads to "You are the great I am," which recalls the name God gave Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3. Psalm 136 praises the one who "alone does great wonders," and the song makes the same move, shifting from the singer's own trouble to worship: "King of all the earth, we worship and we bow to You."

Later repetitions strip the lyric down to "You are God, and forever You will be." The result is a congregational piece that admits pain without resolving every question, then rests on who God is.