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Heavenly Devotion: Psalm 114 – Praise The Almighty God Who Delivers His People

August 7, 2024 Elder Chia Eng Chuan; Dr. Chow Li Sze; Heavenly Devotion Video 0

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Psalm 114 – Praise The Almighty God Who Delivers His People

(by Elder Chia Eng Chuan)

The psalmist retells the awesome deeds of God for His chosen people and pens these visually captivating and undeniable miracles in poetry rich with imagery. In a nutshell, verses 1 and 2 summarizes the story of the Exodus and the establishment of Israel as a nation in the Promised Land. God delivered the Jews from the lowliest and most miserable status as slaves in Egypt and elevated them to the highest status ever – a nation that God identifies as His very own and where He delights to dwell.

In verse 3, the psalmist reminds the Israelites of how God parted the Red Sea to allow the Jews safe passage from the pursuing Egyptian Army. Similarly, in verse 5, God also stopped the upstream flow of the Jordan River so that they could cross safely into Jericho.

In Verses 4 and 6, the imagery of mountains and hills ‘skipping’ is used to describe the physical phenomena that their forefathers experienced when God came down to meet Moses on Mount Sinai. “There was thunder and lightning… Mount Sinai was covered with smoke as from a furnace… the whole Mountain trembled violently” (Exodus 19:16-18). The very presence of the Almighty God was also powerfully manifested in nature.

Today, Psalm 114 is a wonderful invitation to us to rejoice that this same Almighty God who delivered the Israelites has similarly delivered us from hopelessness and utter despair from the deadly crutches of sin and given us the highest honor and status ever – that He is our Heavenly Father and we His beloved children.

Let’s Read Psalm 114

1 When Israel came out of Egypt,
Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
2 Judah became God’s sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
3 The sea looked and fled,
the Jordan turned back;
4 the mountains leaped like rams,
the hills like lambs.
5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
you hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turned the rock into a pool,
the hard rock into springs of water.

Let’s Pray

Our Heavenly Father, we praise and worship You because You are the Awesome and Almighty God. There is no other. We are touched and grateful that You love us, even though we are so undeserving. We thank You for Your grace, that You are always there to receive us back into Your loving arms when we fall into sin. We rejoice and tremble in awe for all that You have done for us and will continue to do in us. in Jesus’ most precious and exalted name, Amen!

This devotional was kindly contributed by Dr. Chow Li Sze and her channel Heavenly Devotion. You may find the channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/HeavenlyDevotion/videos

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The Heavenly Devotion channel is dedicated to encouraging you to listen to Bible Scriptures and pray with the Scriptures. They are inspired by the call of service as expressed and exemplified by Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 9:12-15.

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