Moses also heard a voice that others could not hear. God spoke to Moses and asked him relay the message to Aaron and to a nation of oppressed Jews writhing under the brutal hand of Pharaoh. Moses heard the Voice from a burning bush. And before each of the 10 plagues, God’s scourges on Egypt, Moses heard the Voice again. The instructions were specific and required daring trust. The Divine-human conversations included an audacious, rhythmic demand, "Let my people go!" Moses not only saw the invisible. He heard the inaudible!
The result of Moses’ deeply spiritual and otherwise inexplicable experiences of seeing the invisible and hearing the inaudible, was that he was trusted with doing the impossible, the miraculous! The mighty works of the Almighty unfolded as Moses acted on what he had seen and heard. Generations later the Psalmist wrote songs for the people of God to sing. The songs of victory are sung because of miraculous events.
Much of Psalm 136 is devoted to the miraculous events during Moses’ tenure as Israel’s leader. I think some gifted contemporary musician ought to write a singable tune for the words of triumph.
1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.
4 to him who alone does great wonders, His love endures forever.
5 who by his understanding made the heavens, His love endures forever.
6 who spread out the earth upon the waters, His love endures forever.
7 who made the great lights-- His love endures forever.
8 the sun to govern the day, His love endures forever.
9 the moon and stars to govern the night; His love endures forever.
10 to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.
11 and brought Israel out from among them His love endures forever.
12 with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever.
13 to him who divided the Red Sea asunder His love endures forever.
14 and brought Israel through the midst of it, His love endures forever.
15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.
16 to him who led his people through the desert, His love endures forever.
The song documents what happens when one man sees the invisible, hears the inaudible and trusts God enough for the impossible. In today’s international moral morass and failing financial systems and while our culture spins in vicious ethical and spiritual confusion, those who can see the invisible and hear the inaudible must announce, "Let my people go!" The same Spirit who equipped Moses senses supernaturally is present in the world today. Men and women of the Spirit are destined to lead people out of the impossibilities of the status quo into our God’s glorious freedom.
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