Beshalach/When He sent out
Exodus 13:17-17:16
Judges 4:4-5:31
Sometimes when I read a section of scripture I feel like I’m such a ‘peewee’ and don’t know much or see much. In some ways it actually helps me to be open to Holy Spirit showing me something that may not be so obvious; involving His heart instead of just my head.
I’m sure if one were to spend an extended time in these verses in Judges, it would be a ‘gold mine’ of heart revelation. It’s kind of cool that both Exodus and Judges have songs that give more of a ‘heavenly’, rather than just a merely historical perspective to the events that the Children of Israel had just gone through. (we might even make note of that, and maybe look back on some of our experiences and turn them into song…) Anyway, the ‘singing recounting’ of the events seems to ‘weave’ heaven and earth together, giving a fuller perspective and insight.
Take some time with both ‘songs’ (Exodus 15:1-21 and Judges 5:1-31) and let the words ‘wash’ over you without trying to figure them out; feel the feeling; let them move you. What is the Lord trying to awaken in your spirit? Let’s experiment with not becoming an expert, but a lover! The Lord God; the Holy One of Israel, put these songs in for a reason…let’s take some time to ‘drink it in’…kind of a heavenly interlude. Let’s slow down and not be in a hurry and spend some time here. The atmosphere around us may change, even if we don’t come to any great understanding of the verses. Wouldn’t it be amazing if God cared about that, as much as extracting theology from these events and songs?…enjoy! by john e
Ps. May we be delivered from Greek thinking that treats the word intellectually and thus theologically, rather than God literally seen and encountered in His Living Word…
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