Exodus 15:11-13 - Who is like you, O Lord

15:11,12

The nations had many “gods”, and they claimed that they had a great influence on their lives and were central to their existence. Moses declares that there was no one like the Lord. God is completely different. He is majestic in holiness. Holiness is something that the gods knew nothing about. Likewise, it is an alien concept to all the ideologies that are floating around today. God is “awesome in glorious deeds”. The “gods” could do nothing (see Psalm 115:2-8). God stretched out His hand and the Egyptian army was swallowed up.

15:13

“You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed”. God’s dealings with us are founded in love (but not the sentimental mush that often passes for love these days). God did not redeem the people because they had paid a price, it was an act undertaken at His own initiative.