Good
Morning Friends,
“Then
Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: ‘I will sing to the LORD,
for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God,
and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. … Who among the
gods is like you, O Lord? Who is like you – majestic in holiness, awesome in
glory, working wonders?’” (Exodus 15:1-2; 11)
Moses
and the people of Israel had stood on the east shore of the Red Sea and watched
as God caused the sea to crash back over the dry path that He had created
across it. The army of Egypt was destroyed and the people of Israel were set
free. They would never be held in slavery by the Egyptians again! God had
delivered them with His miraculous power. Moses and the people of Israel broke
into a song of praise.
They
recognized God’s power – and they gave Him praise for it.
They
sensed God’s love for them – and they let Him know they appreciated it.
They
felt God’s awesome presence – and they were overwhelmed by it.
Praise
to God was the natural response of what they felt in their hearts. Praise to
God should be the natural response of what we feel in our hearts as we remember
and understand what Jesus has done for us.
The
Hebrew author instructed us, “Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer
to God a sacrifice of praise – the fruit of lips that confess his name.” (Hebrews
13:15)
Let’s
lift our hearts (perhaps our voices, too) in praise for what God has done for
us. For what He has done for us in Jesus is more powerful and shows greater
love than what He did for Israel at the Red Sea!
His,
by Grace, Steve
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