In Exodus 15:2, we hear these words from the Song of Moses, “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.”
It was a song of joy that looked at what had been done in bringing them out of slavery under the hand of Pharaoh, but it also looks forward to what God will do.
The salvation that was experienced as the people walked through the Red Sea on dry ground was just a foretaste of what would come later. The bondage that occurred in Egypt was nothing compared to the bondage that we all are under because of sin. That bondage is deserved, and we cannot free ourselves from the just punishment that should be handed down to us by the One True God.
We then see this Song of Moses play out. Jesus Christ, true God and true man, is our strength and song. He is our salvation. Salvation would come from Him and no one else. Our Savior, who was born of the Virgin Mary, came and lived a perfect life in our place, died as our substitute, and rose three days later to defeat sin, death, and the grave.
When the Israelites were freed from bondage, they must have asked what would come next. The hope would be that they would live their lives pointing to the One who saved them and continues to dwell with them as he poured out His gracious gifts. For those in Christ, they see what has already been accomplished for them. Nothing can be added to Jesus’ completed work of salvation. We then respond as thankful children of the Triune God. What a blessing it is to go to His house to receive the purchased gifts of God! What a blessing to live out in the world the life He has given us to live, as we point to Christ alone in all aspects of our lives!
So today, we can echo the Song of Moses, “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.” Have a blessed week in the only Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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