David Jeremiah Devotional Today 3rd November, 2018
Theme For David Jeremiah Devotional Today 3rd November – “THANK YOU” BIBLE STYLE: MIRIAM
And Miriam answered them: “Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously!”
Exodus 15:21
Recommended Reading: Exodus 15:1-21
We first meet Miriam in Exodus 2 when she was a child on the banks of the River Nile watching her baby brother’s voyage in a basket. We next see her in Exodus 15, an aged woman on the shores of the Red Sea, joining her brother in joyful praises of thanksgiving for Israel’s deliverance. Miriam is the first soloist in the history of hymnody. As the Israelites realized God had miraculously saved them at the Red Sea, someone hastily wrote a hymn of praise, which is the first recorded song in the Bible (Exodus 15:1-19). The assembly sang it. “Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them: ‘Sing to the Lord’” (Exodus 15:20-21).
Like Miriam, we have our share of difficulty and danger; but a thankful spirit keeps us praising Him who makes a way when there seems to be no way. From childhood to old age, we should sing our thanksgivings to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously!
True thanksgiving is not a selfish emotion gratified by prosperity, but a vital grace in the soul, existing independent of circumstances. – Charles Wadsworth