I Will Sing Series

Exodus 15:1-2 (NKJV)

“I Will Sing”

September 7, 2025

In the time of Moses, the Israelites sang a song to the LORD after the crossing of the Red Sea recorded in Exodus 15 – “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 my 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 song continues in verse 3, “The Lord is a man of war; The Lord is His name. Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone.” The children of God have just witnessed Him in His magnificent strength and glory! They were in awe at His work and feared and believed in the LORD their God! They saw with their own eyes the power of God that will be spoken of for thousands of years to come. They will tell their children and grandchildren of how God turned the river into blood, then how the poisoned river brought forth frogs, and how the dead frogs brought forth lice, and after that God sent a swarm of flies to attack only the Egyptians because there were no flies in Goshen. But Pharoah King of Egypt hardened his heart still so God sent a plague on only the Egyptian livestock, and then painful boils and sores and then God rained hail and fire on land and then locust and then three days of darkness, day and night there was no light in Egypt but only light in Goshen with the children of Israel. But Pharoah hardened his heart still and would not let the Hebrews go. Then God instructed Moses to teach the people how to prepare for Passover because the angel of death was coming and he was instructed to “Pass Over” any home in Egypt or Goshen that had the blood of an unblemished lamb smeared over the door. So when the angel saw the blood he passed over, but where there was no sacrificial blood the angel of death took the life of the first born of every family both man and beast. So God told Moses to teach the people to remember this day and keep it as a memorial that they might never forget that salvation is in the blood of the lamb. So when God struck the son of Pharoah and there was a cry in the land he let the Hebrew go. And when they left, they did not go empty! The Egyptians gave them of their own treasures. But Pharoah’s heart became hardened again and chased after the Hebrews so that they were trapped between the army of Egypt and the Red Sea. And God told Moses to stretch out his rod over the sea and Moses said to the people, "stand still and see the salvation of the Lord." And God caused the waters to stand up on end so that His children could walk across on dry land. The enemy tried to follow but as soon as His children made it across God caused the waters to come crashing down on the soldiers and chariots so that not one of them survived. And Moses and the Children of Israel broke out in a song! Today we must sing the song of Moses and declare that God is our Strength, God is our Song and God is our Salvation!

My Strength - “The LORD is my strength” God doesn’t want you to say, “God helps those who help themselves.” He wants you to say, “God IS my strength. God IS my All in All!” He wants you to turn to Christ with every sin, every guilt, every problem, every ache, every sorrow. He wants you to turn to Jesus not just as a last resort - but as a first resort, second resort, and every resort. That, my family, is the true meaning of trusting God as your strength. In Romans 8 the Apostle teaches, “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” This verse highlights the reality of God's saving power and His willingness to rescue His people at any cost. Just as God intervened on behalf of the early church, He continues to be our deliverer today, rescuing us from sin, bondage, and every form of oppression. In times of trouble, we can confidently trust in God's saving grace, knowing that He is our ultimate source of strength and victory. David said in Psalm 27 “The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident.” The LORD is my Strength!