July 28, 2025
Focus Verse: Exodus 15:2
Do you find that music has a unique way of capturing moments that words alone can’t express. When we go through something intense, overwhelming, or even miraculous, sometimes the only response that truly fits the experience is a song.
That’s exactly what happens in Exodus 15. God has just parted the Red Sea, delivered Israel from slavery, and wiped out Pharaoh’s pursuing army. The Israelites, finally free after 400 years of oppression, burst into song with the Bible’s first recorded hymn. Led by Moses and later Miriam, they sing a heartfelt song of deliverance and celebration.
“I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.”
“The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.”
This song isn’t just a celebration, it is a declaration of who God is and what God has done. It is helpful to notice how the song names God as strength, defense, salvation, warrior, majestic, faithful, and just. These descriptions of God underscore a Bible truth that God sees, hears, rescues, and reigns.
The Exodus event stands as the central symbol of salvation throughout Scripture. Prophets, psalmists, and New Testament writers continually reference this pivotal act of God’s deliverance.
By the way, Miriam holds great significance as the first woman in the Bible to be called a prophet (v. 20). Her song represents one of the earliest instances of women leading worship in the biblical story.
Theologically, this hymn reveals the way in which salvation comes to us, not by human power, but by God's intervention. As the Biblical story unfolds, we find later on in the New Testament that this imagery of salvation by God's intervention, is fulfilled in Jesus, whose death and resurrection brings about a "greater exodus" that leads to life everlasting.
I wonder , when has a song helped you process or celebrate something deep in your life?
What was the song?
“The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.”
Do you find that music has a unique way of capturing moments that words alone can’t express. When we go through something intense, overwhelming, or even miraculous, sometimes the only response that truly fits the experience is a song.
That’s exactly what happens in Exodus 15. God has just parted the Red Sea, delivered Israel from slavery, and wiped out Pharaoh’s pursuing army. The Israelites, finally free after 400 years of oppression, burst into song with the Bible’s first recorded hymn. Led by Moses and later Miriam, they sing a heartfelt song of deliverance and celebration.
“I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea.”
“The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.”
This song isn’t just a celebration, it is a declaration of who God is and what God has done. It is helpful to notice how the song names God as strength, defense, salvation, warrior, majestic, faithful, and just. These descriptions of God underscore a Bible truth that God sees, hears, rescues, and reigns.
The Exodus event stands as the central symbol of salvation throughout Scripture. Prophets, psalmists, and New Testament writers continually reference this pivotal act of God’s deliverance.
By the way, Miriam holds great significance as the first woman in the Bible to be called a prophet (v. 20). Her song represents one of the earliest instances of women leading worship in the biblical story.
Theologically, this hymn reveals the way in which salvation comes to us, not by human power, but by God's intervention. As the Biblical story unfolds, we find later on in the New Testament that this imagery of salvation by God's intervention, is fulfilled in Jesus, whose death and resurrection brings about a "greater exodus" that leads to life everlasting.
I wonder , when has a song helped you process or celebrate something deep in your life?
What was the song?
Let's Pray
Delivering God,
You are my strength and my song. You bring victory out of defeat and hope out of despair. Teach me to remember your faithfulness like Miriam did, so I can sing even when I’m still walking through the waters. May your power and love be the music in my soul today.
Amen.
Delivering God,
You are my strength and my song. You bring victory out of defeat and hope out of despair. Teach me to remember your faithfulness like Miriam did, so I can sing even when I’m still walking through the waters. May your power and love be the music in my soul today.
Amen.
"Praise to the Lord the Almighty" - Song for our wedding and birth of our Son.
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