Ex 15:13-17 (NIV)
13 "In your unfailing love you will lead
the people you have redeemed. . . .
14 The nations will hear and tremble; . . .
15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, . . .
the people of Canaan will melt away;
16 terror and dread will fall upon them. . . .
17 You will bring them in and plant them
on the mountain of your inheritance —
the place, O Lord, you made for your dwelling,
the sanctuary, O Lord, your hands established.
NOTE: The song of Moses, having looked backwards at God's mighty hand, now looks forward. It announces, with supreme confidence, what will happen to the nations ahead of them. In an ironic twist, when the time came to take the land, when the spies returned from spying out the land, it is Israel who trembles, who terror and dread fall upon.
Again, it is so easy after a mountain top experience to think that one can conquer anything with God. And that actually is the truth; but when reality strikes, our faith melts away quickly. Instead of an attitude of victory, we expect defeat. Instead of seeing God in something, we just see ourselves failing. Father, protect me from own fears and rationalizations. I want to trust you and your power to carry me on to victory.
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