Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are they ways, thou King of saints.
Have you ever been in a tight spot? Have you felt like you are being squeezed between a lion on one side and a cliff on the other? God’s people have often known that feeling. I think about the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt with the most powerful army on the face of the earth behind them in hot pursuit and a great sea ahead of them. They did not know what to do, yet God parted the seas, provided for His people, defeated the enemy, protected His own, and received the glory for it.
In Exodus 15 the Bible says, “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD.” One of the lines in that song says, “The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation.” So, He is and He is become. He is my strength, my song, and my salvation. What a wonderful truth! God provided for His people, and Moses led the people in a song of praise for that provision.
Later on, in Psalm 118 that song was partly codified, put in the hymnal as it were. Verse 1 says, “O give thank unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth forever.” Centuries after the exodus from Egypt, God’s people still had cause to thank God. Verse 14 says, “The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. “ We find the same song yet again.
In Isaiah 12 you also find part of the same song. This is written in quite a different time than Exodus and Psalms. Isaiah 12, speaking of a future time, says, “In that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee… behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” So, He is and He is become.
Then, Revelation 15:3, speaking about a time far in the future, says, “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God.” Here is reference to Moses and his song, perhaps a different song. It continues, “And the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.” So the song of Moses, and there may be more than one, is a song of praise.
It is always wise for God’s people to look back and see God in their story. To think, “We were slaves in Egypt and God parted the seas. We were starving in the wilderness and God provided food from Heaven. He is our God and He is become our salvation.”
Many times it is easier to countenance the problems of the moment instead of giving praise for the things that God has provided in the past. To recognize God’s provision in the past is to give us courage for what is in the unknown future. We should look back and see God in our story, and we should look forward and see God in our lives as well. The bottom line is that it puts courage in me today to know that beyond the unknown future I will still have cause to thank God, and you will too!