Praise by New Creation

[Bible Verses]

Exodus 15:1-3

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD :
"I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.
The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name.

Exodus 15:20-21

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."

II Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

My reflections:

The entire creation praises the Lord God and manifests His invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature (Romans 1:20). God is not only our Creator, but also our Redeemer who has given us salvation from our sin and has made us as new, born-again creation.

The story of Exodus, that is, the story of our salvation started with the Lord Almighty coming down to us, who were suffering from sin and its consequences (Exodus 3:8). God Emmanuel, who is with us, is the beginning of our salvation. He stretched out his hands and struck the Egyptians who were holding the Israelites/us in bondage (Exodus 3:20). At last, he hurled the horses and their riders of Egypt into the sea. But he distinguished the Israelites and led them on dry land in the Red Sea.

God is our Redeemer and he alone is worthy of our praise. Standing on the east side of the Red Sea, the Israelites praised God with tambourines and dancing, with Miriam leading in praises and others following, with everyone joining in the praise, whether men or women, old or young. With the same joy and inspiration that the Israelites had, we should also praise God for his work of renewal as well as creation.