As you might imagine, the journey through the sea would have been an overwhelming experience for the Israelites. Imagine the waters standing up on either side of you, threatening to crash down, but holding back the whole time. Imagine seeing the walls of the sea crashing down on the Egyptian army. It is no surprise then that immediately following the event we have a long song of celebration. Celebration is something we try hard to create in church today and that is entirely fitting. But in order to celebrate you have to have experienced something worth celebrating. People don’t celebrate for no reason. It is true that we have reason to celebrate in what Christ has done for us. Sadly though, at times, this can seem to be just an historical fact or event that happened 2000 years ago and nothing more. Celebration is a response, not to an abstract fact, but to an experience in which something amazing happens to us. The fact is, there is divine activity around your life right now. God is at work in so many ways in your life whether you recognise it or not. You may think that there isn’t much going on in your life. You may think that God is far away from you. But the opposite is the case. God is making a way for you, protecting you and guiding you always. You only need to recognise this and respond. The first and most appropriate response is to celebrate what God is doing. Thank and praise him for being so persistently loving towards you.
Celebrate what God is doing in your life right now.
Read Exodus 15:1-21
