“Display”

I have been reading and studying in Psalms lately and a few weeks ago I was focusing on Psalm 77. Since that day I have not been able to get out of my mind verse 14, which says: "You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples." In particular the word "display" has been the focus of my meditation. What does it mean to display something? As I have been thinking and praying about this I have become more and more excited about what this means for my life and for my walk with my Lord. On my inside I am worked up as I immediately thought of the fact that when something is "displayed" everyone can see it, feel it, hear it, experience it, be affected by it; it is evident, and real. It also got me thinking about who the "peoples" are? Wait a minute! I am God's "peoples" you are God's "peoples!" God's miracles and power are to be displayed in my life. This is not some far off distant hope or something good I happened to read in my Bible one day. This is what I have begun to cry out for, to see God's power and miracles displayed in my life and displayed through my life.

Curiosity got the best of me and I looked up the word "displayed" in the dictionary, it literally means to unfold, to put or spread before view, to make evident, to exhibit ostentatiously and it is synonymous with the word show. Some other Bible translations use the words "made known" and "demonstrate" in place of the word "display". It seems whatever way I focused on this verse the bottom line is clear; God is one who does miracles and displays His power in my everyday normal life! For too long in my own life I have been waiting for the God I have heard and read about to show up when really He has just been waiting for me to take Him at His Word and believe Him. This week I have continued to think about this verse and trust that God is the God of miracles in my life, today, and He is the one who "displays" His power in my life and in my circumstances!

God is not a behind the scenes God, far off or distant. God wants to be known and seen and glorified for being evident and real in our daily lives. God longs to do miracles and to display His power – that is who He is, not something He does occasionally. God IS the God who does miracles; who displays His power among His peoples! God is!