Praise the Lord!!!
Exodus fifteen records,
“When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.
Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.”
Exodus 15:19-21.
The Israelites were celebrating God’s deliverance from Egypt. Pharaoh’s armies have just been drowned in the sea. The mightiest army of it’s day destroyed. Not by Israel but by an act of God.
Upon the destruction Miriam leads the women in singing and dancing. She glorifies God for the deliverance of Israel from it’s enemies.
Question, do you give glory to God for what he has done for you be they a small victory or a big one.
I know there is division in the Christian church as to whether we should dance in during a church service. I know that some groups don’t even use instruments during a service. Still we should.
Psalm 150 reads,
Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.
Psalm 150.Here the Psalmist is telling us to use instruments not just our voices.
In first Samuel twenty-eight David danced with all his might before the Lord in celebration. If David danced, if Miriam and the women danced and sang. If the Psalmist tells us to praise God with instruments. I believe we should.
Still that aside do you praise the Lord often enough even if it’s just with your voice?
Think about it.
