#265 - Kyle Thompson // To Him Who Alone Does Great Wonders

The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson

Devotional, Christianity, Mens Devo, Daily Mens Devotional, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Devo, Joby Martin

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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We trace Psalm 136:4–9 to show how fine-tuned order in creation reveals God’s steadfast love and leads us to humility, gratitude, and trust. Job 38 reorients our pride with a bracing reminder of God’s wisdom and our place in his world. • Psalm 136 refrain as the anchor of mercy • Fine-tuning examples from gravity and nuclear forces • Creation’s order as provision for human life • Awe that humbles pride and calms anxiety • Job 38 as a corrective to complaint and control • Practicing gratitude...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
0:19.8	Welcome back to the Daily Blade. This week we are looking at Psalm 136
0:23.7	as we focus on God's steadfast love and mercy. So each day we're looking at a different section
0:28.5	of the Psalm. Today we're going to be looking at verses four through nine. I'll read them here.
0:33.1	To him who alone does great wonders for his steadfast love endures forever. To him who by understanding made the heavens for his steadfast love endures forever.
0:41.8	To him who by understanding made the heavens for his steadfast love endures forever.
0:46.5	To him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever.
0:50.2	To him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love indoors forever.
0:56.2	The sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever. The moon and stars to rule over the night for his steadfast love endures forever. So as we focus in on God's steadfast love
1:02.6	and mercy, we must see God's mercy displayed in his creation. So God is the cosmic architect.
1:09.2	Okay. Time, space, and matter came into existence in a timeless,
1:12.8	spaceless, and immaterial way because God exists outside of time, space, and matter. So, I mean,
1:18.5	it really boggles the mind to even think about that, but that is part of the wonder and grandeur of God.
1:23.5	And one of the amazing things about God's mercy and creation is that it is so ordered.
1:28.5	Because if things were not ordered, then life, existence even, would not be possible.
1:33.8	I mean, just look at gravity.
1:34.9	If we're looking at one example, if gravity were slightly weaker, there would be no stars.
1:40.8	If gravity were slightly stronger, the entire universe would collapse. And then we could
1:47.0	look at even the tiniest of things. Let's look at the force that binds protons and neutrons, right?
1:52.1	If it were slightly weaker, there would be no stable atomic nuclei beyond hydrogen. And if it
1:58.4	were slightly stronger, all hydrogen would fuse into helium, which would mean there would be no possibility of water. And if it were slightly stronger, all hydrogen would fuse into helium, which would
2:02.2	mean there would be no possibility of water, and we would have no stars like our sun, right? I mean,
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