When Was the Last Time You Were Speechless?
Psalm 92:5 invites us to see God’s works and trust His thoughts today.
The air. The color. The sheer size. I felt like I had stepped onto another planet—and I was utterly speechless.
I walked. Forgot to breathe. Walked some more.
My eyelids pressed against my face as if they needed to open wider.
What I observed sent thoughts racing through my mind with no place to land.
I had no words.
Only wonder.
“How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep!” (Psalm 92:5).
This psalm was a Sabbath song. Israel sang it while looking back at creation, remembering the Exodus—rescued from Pharaoh’s hand, fed with manna in the wilderness—and bowing before the mysteries they couldn’t explain. Judgment. Wrath. Plans. Purposes. They trusted God even when they didn’t understand Him.
God’s Works
For them, God’s works were everywhere: stars above, seas parted, bread from heaven.
For us, God’s greatest works are the cross and resurrection of Christ. Every sunrise, every breath, every unseen protection is a mercy stacked on top. His fingerprints cover our lives.
God’s Thoughts
For Israel, His thoughts were hidden—beyond their reach, yet always trustworthy (Isaiah 55:8–9). They saw wicked people thrive, sometimes over them in slavery, and still had to believe God’s plan ran deeper.
For us, His eternal thought is revealed in Christ—the plan to redeem through Jesus (Ephesians 3:11). Yet so much remains mysterious: pain that lingers, prayers that wait, silence that stretches. Still, we bow before His thoughts. We trust and obey even without all the answers.
Walking It Out
The original audience lived this truth in rhythms of gratitude and obedience. Reflection on God’s works became tradition. Trust in His unseen thoughts became survival. They didn’t need to know everything before they obeyed.
Neither do we. If we want roots in the storm, we need the same rhythms. Gratitude. Trust. Obedience.
The moment that made me speechless?
The giant redwoods towering overhead placed my tiny soul into the palm of God’s hands. I felt small—and at the same time immensely important.
Creation has a way of reordering your heart when you look at it through His eyes.
But creation is only one glimpse. His works on the cross and His plan for redemption are another—like a redwood standing tall over all history.
Never Finished Challenge
In the middle of your day, stop and call out one of His works: the oak outside your office window, your daughter’s kiss, strength in your legs, the oxygen in your lungs, or that timely word of encouragement.
Instead of asking “why?” in pressure moments, shift to: “Lord, Your thoughts are deeper than mine, and You are working all things for good” (Romans 8:28).
Pick one confusing or discouraging situation today. Consciously live out Psalm 92:5 with gratitude + trust.
See His works → fuels gratitude.
Bow to His thoughts → fuels trust.
Walk it out → fuels obedience.
What does today say about God?
Wonder.
Everything He does drips with divine wonder. Nothing is without intention or love. And there is no shortage of things to observe.
What a King.
What a Friend.
What a Father.
Thank You, Jesus.