Exodus 15:1-2 (ESV)
_Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying,_
_“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;_
_the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea._
_The Lord is my strength and my song,_ _ and he has become my salvation;_
_this is my God, and I will praise him,_
_my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”_
The redemption of the children of Israel from Pharaoh and the Egyptians was fiercely obtained. God had not only released terrible plagues among them but also drowned Pharaoh and all his army in the same waters that His people had walked through. All these things happened through the hand of the LORD and God’s people only had to be silent and witness the great deliverance of God (Exodus 14:14). Overwhelmed by the great salvation that God had worked for them, Moses and the Israelites burst into song – they worshipped Yahweh. Exodus 15 records for us the first song written in the Scriptures and helps us appreciate where our worship should originate from – a meditation on our salvation.
It is not just the Israelites that God has worked a great salvation for, but it is also all of us who have come to believe in Jesus, the Christ. We may not put much thought to it, but a cosmic battle ensued on our behalf for us to be set free. Jesus went into war for us and through the cross obtained for us a glorious salvation. As written in Colossians 2:15, _“He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”_ Therefore, let us ponder on our salvation and in response worship the God of our salvation. Not only that, let us consider the daily acts of deliverance that God works in and for us and let that bubble up in worship. In the words of Vicky Beeching’s song:
May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost
Undone by mercy and left speechless
Watching wide eyed at the cost
May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross
Reflections
1. Do you remember when you were saved? Does the memory cause you to want to worship God?
2. In what other ways have you seen God save you?
3. How will today’s devotion influence your worship life?
