Exodus 15
2 “The Lord is my strength and my defence; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.
6 Your right hand, Lord, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Lord, shattered the enemy.
While I would have liked to put the entire chapter here for your reading pleasure, I know how we function, and many likely would not read a long blog . . . So I will briefly pout and then continue.
There are 2 more times in Exodus 15 that the song Moses and the Israelites sing mentions the hand of God! I am not sure that we always give God's hand the credit it deserves. Do we recognize the move of God's hand around us, or do we miss it?
The God of the Israelites is our God! The same God who stretched out his hand and caused the plagues; the same God who not only opened the sea for a ridiculously large crowd of people to go through, but also closed it behind them to keep them safe (please note this was not a creek, or a stream or even a river. It was an entire sea!); the same God who is described in this passage as "warrior", "majestic," and "awesome" with a powerful right hand, is the same God who both invites us into those same arms, and reaches His mighty hand out to meet our own needs and move on our behalf. He is the same God that divides the seas in our lives and that is "warrior", "majestic," and "awesome" with a powerful right hand in our situations.
The band Unhindered (highly anointed and recommended) wrote a song called "Song of Moses" which is powerful, and reminded me that God is still our mighty warrior, and still in the business of leading us to victory and to overcoming our situations.
See the song on youtube here:
"Praise the Lord our mighty warrior
Praise the Lord the glorious One
By His hand we stand in vict'ry
By His name we overcome"
Whether we are in the moment of needing the hand of God to reach out and rescue us, or if we are in a place where we are looking back at a victory won for us, we serve a God who is more than worthy of praise! We can never give thanks to him too much for the victories in our lives, because he is still moving on behalf of his people!
Kourtnay
Kourtnay's husband is a pastor and she has a beautiful son. She serves in her local church and is involved in numerous ministries there.
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