March 17, 2014 Certain Power

Certain Power

Exodus 15

Ex 15:18 “The Lord will reign forever and ever.”

GOD’s people had experienced a great deliverance from Egypt’s slavery and certain re-capture and death from Egypt’s army. And how did they respond? They sang a song to the Lord. You read of the Song of Moses and the song of his sister Miriam. There were many words of celebration to praise God.

      Although Psalm 47 was written centuries after this event, I’m sure that psalm describes the way God’s people celebrated God that day. For example, “Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth! He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. (Psalm 47:1-3) The psalm goes on to say “Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.” (Vs 6-7) Yes, it was a day of praising God!

      But (And there’s always a “but”, isn’t there?) read on, and you will see God’s people need water. And then what did they do? The singing stopped, and the complaining began. So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” (V 24)

      Faith one day turns to fear and frustration the next day, so let’s blame the guy in charge. There’s no desire to say, “Let’s pray. Let’s seek God’s leading.” There is no remembering, “The Lord will reign forever and ever.” There is only desire to forget God’s power and blame Him for our problems. We have short memories, don’t we?

LIFE Link: Be certain—the Lord of miracles does reign forever and ever.