God is my Song

Exodus 15

Have you ever been so happy, excited, and filled with joy that you actually sang about it. I can remember a couple of times that I have been so happy or relieved that I just shouted. Here we see Moses who sang a song to God because of how great He is. In Exodus 14 we read how God not only allowed the Israelites to cross on dry ground but also the Red Sea fell on the chasing Egyptians. God was in control through the whole ordeal and he is also in control in our lives.

God is My Salvation and My Song

In this song we see that God is glorious because he is Moses’ strength and his song and he has become his salvation (2). Why do we sing to God? I don’t know why you may sing to God when the worship song is playing, but I know for me that God is my salvation. What a great reason to sing to God. Jesus died on the cross so I can have salvation. He is my salvation and he is my song that I sing. I should not sing of myself or what others have done but God is my song. God has delivered me from my enemies. I may not have a hot pursuit on my heels but God has delivered me from my enemy, sin. God is victorious over Satan. As even Miriam (Moses’ sister) went out with a tambourine and danced and said, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea (vs 21).” In this section I hope you noticed that there is no praise given to men. It was all God who delivered the people. It was not some human warrior but it was God and God alone.

Bitter Water

Here we see the first complaint of Israel. It is funny that they just praise the Lord and three days later they are complaining. They have traveled for three days and have found no water, then they come to a place where there was water but they could not drink it because it was bad.  The water was bitter and that could have been because most wells were bitter from the minerals from the rocks around it. Some scholars say that since the area was called Marah which is a form of Myrrh that is had a myrrh flavor. Either way the Israelites complained to Moses saying, “What shall we drink?” Instead of asking the Lord to show them because he is glorious and they just sang a song about that but they complained.

God’s Rule

God told Moses to throw a log into the water and it became sweet and was able to drink it. He also gave  Israel somewhat of a guideline which Israel needed to follow through the journey. Moses told them to listen to the voice of the Lord your God and do that which is right in his eyes and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statues, I will put none of the disease on you that I put on the Egyptians for I am the Lord, your healer (27). He was kind of reminding them, that He knows best and don’t forget I controlled all the plagues that happened to the Egyptians. This was not just a warning but also a chance for Israel to be obedient. We will see that they do not listen to what God asked and they make the trip longer and harder.

God has given us his law to abide by and that is his Word. We may not have to have the plagues come upon us but we are obedient to God to show our love for him. I pray that we can have the desire to not see how close we can come to sin without sinning but that we can have the heart not to sin.