Exodus 15:1-21

Hey friends, good morning, good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions is where every day you and I, we get together, we have a little bit of coffee, we get into God's word and we grow in our love for the Lord together. And this year, 2023, Lord willing, we'll make it from Genesis to Leviticus. So glad to be with you today.
Got a new mug. My little girl, Deborah, she says, Dad, it's kind of like my hobby. So every time we go to a new place, she likes to buy me a mug. We stopped at a travel plaza or something like that along the tollway and she got me this Starbucks mug from Ohio. So anyways, kind of fun. When kids are getting a little bit older and so she wanted to buy me a mug from Ohio.
Well, why don't we have some coffee and we'll pray and we'll get into God's word. Let's pray. Lord, what a great blessing it is that you woke us up today. You've given us the opportunity to read your word. What a blessing it is, Lord. It's in a language we can understand. And there aren't people beating down our doors or looking over our shoulders as we read it.
God, we pray that you would please now teach us We pray that your Holy Spirit would care for us in Jesus's name, amen. All right, so we are at Genesis, or not Genesis, Exodus, Exodus chapter 15. And we get to look at two different songs today. So two different songs in Genesis, Exodus, Exodus chapter 15.
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord and spoke saying, I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously. The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my Father's God, and I will exalt Him. The Lord is a man of war. Jehovah is his name. Pharaoh's chariots and his armies he cast into the sea. His chosen captains also are drowned in the sea, in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them. They sank into the bottom like a stone.
Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces. And in the greatness of your excellence, you have overthrown those who rose against you. You sent forth your wrath. It consumed them like stubble. And with the blast of your nostrils, the waters were gathered together. The floods stood upright like a heap. The depths congealed in the heart of the earth.
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the stop oil. My desires shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand shall destroy them. You blew your wind. The sea covered them. They sink like lead in the mighty waters. Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness? fearful in praises, doing wonders. You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. You and your mercy have led forth the people whom you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
The people will hear and be afraid. Sorrow will take hold of all the inhabitants of Philistia. Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed. The mighty men of Moab trembling will take hold of them. All the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away. Fear and dread will fall on them.
By the greatness of your arm they will be as still as a stone. Till your people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over whom you have purchased, you will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance. In the place, O Lord, which you have made for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established, the Lord shall reign forever.
The horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. But the children of Israel went on the dry land in the midst of the sea. Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea." Well, what a fun passage. We need to ask ourselves, A, what is this about? B, what's the best verse to summarize this? And C, what are we called to do in response to these words? Well, What is this about?
This is coming out of the Red Sea, seeing God be victorious and Moses and Miriam sing a song, a song of doxology, a song of historical redemption, a song to praise God for who he is and what he had just done in caring for his people. There's a few different parts of this song.
If we had looked at verses one through five, it says this call to worship, like the Lord is my strength, he has become my salvation, he is my God, I will praise him, my Father's God, I will exalt him, the Lord is a man of war, Yahweh is his name. And then it enters into the idea of why, why is the Lord such a mighty man of war? Well, that's where it goes on in verses 6 through 10, of God being victorious in the Red Sea, of God showing his strength over Pharaoh's army, and then in verses 11 through 13, It goes back to the idea, going back to praising God for who he is, who is like you, a Lord among the gods, who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. And so this is God. Moses is just extolling God, praising God. This is a song of doxology. He's so enraptured with who God is because of who he's proven himself to be.
And then he talks about in 14 through 16 about, well 14 through 17, about the effects of what God has just done. It's not just he did these things in the past, but he knows they're about to go into the promised land. And he says, all the people we're about to go encounter, they're going to be shaken in their boots and they're going to be scared stiff.
Why? Because they've just seen the mighty hand of God. And if God could do that to Pharaoh, Who are the Philistines? If God could do this to Pharaoh, who are the other gods of Edom and these other countries? They're going to be scared. We're going to get the victory, right?
God has proved himself. And Moses is stoked. Moses is amazed by this. And then verse 18. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. Write the Lord, you are king forever. And then Miriam's song. Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
What's the best verse to summarize this? Well, I have verse two and three underlined, and I also have verse 18, but then verse 21, verse 21, I think is great too, but there's a whole bunch of verses I would underline and double underline, but I think that those ones get at the heart of this. You can let me know down in the comments what you think. Well, I see calling, what are we called to do?
Praise God. Sing his praises. Rejoice in who he is. Never forget what he has done. Worship him in spirit and in truth. And when you worship him, remember that we praise him for his glorious deeds. We praise him for who he is and what he has done. And we take hope in what his promises are. Let's pray. Lord, we do thank you that you are the historical God of redemption.
And that you did bring the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea. You displayed your might and your power even over Pharaoh's army. But Lord, you have conquered greater than that. You have even conquered sin and death itself by our King, Jesus Christ.
Lord, we pray that you would please let us follow after you and love you and never stop singing your praises for indeed for all eternity. This is what we will do in your courts. In Jesus's name, Amen. Well, may you take great comfort and joy knowing that the King of kings and the Lord of lords counts a hair upon your head is your great shepherd. And we'll love you forever. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.
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