Rescued

Read Proverbs 12:15-28

Read Exodus 15

After Israel is rescued, they naturally worship the Lord. They sing praises to him. No doubt there was some spontaneous singing and praise. No doubt some carefully composed or compiled songs that would be saved for posterity. More than for posterity...the Song of Moses is preserved for carefully instruction of the next generation.

You see, Moses praises the Lord for the rescue, but he also prophesies future victories. I'm sure that Edom and Canaan had not yet heard about the rescue (they didn't have Google News back then), yet Moses says that they are still as a stone, and that dread has fallen upon them. Moses is inspired by the Spirit of God to predict Israel's future possession of the land.

God had promised. God had begun to fulfill in this rescue from Egypt. God would continue to make good on his promise. And Moses is confident of that.

But Israel does not yet quite enjoy the complete fulfillment of the Promised Land. They are rescued from slavery, yet they are thirsty. They cry out to God. God provides drinking water for them. Tomorrow we will see that they get hungry. We will see God miraculously provide again.

But their situation is very similar to ours right now. God has promised us a Heavenly home. We have been rescued from the slavery of sin and death by our Savior Jesus. Yet we still have (much smaller) struggles and worries. It seems almost silly for Israel to panic over water though God had just miraculously rescued them from Egypt. But for them the problem was very real and deadly. So too, some day we will look back on our worry and fear and see that it looks silly, for Jesus has rescued us from slavery! Yet for us now these problems are very real and deadly.

Thanks be to God that he is patient with us. He hears our cries. He provides. Let us not grumble against him, but cry out to him in faith. He hears. He cares. He rescues.

Thanks be to God!

Pray:

Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? you stretched out Your right hand; the earth swallowed them. You have led in Your steadfast love the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them by Your strength to Your holy abode (Ex. 15:11-13)

Study with me tomorrow,

Pastor Jon

Soli Deo Gloria!