This next Passover Psalm praises God for His power in engineering nature to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. From the parting of the Red Sea to the holding back of the waters of the Jordan River, His command over nature is acknowledged. Links in the psalm text lead to other Bible Studies so you can dig deeper.
Psalm 114
1 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—
when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—
2 the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,
and Israel became his kingdom.3 The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way!
The water of the Jordan River turned away.
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs!
5 What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?
What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?
6 Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?
Why, hills, like lambs?7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
Psalm 114 NLT
at the presence of the God of Jacob.
8 He turned the rock into a pool of water;
yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.
Water from the Rock
Pastor Sandy Adams explains…
Twice, while wandering in the wilderness God brought water from a rock. The first time Moses struck the rock. The second time, He spoke to the rock, and water gushed out.
Jesus is our Rock, and on the night when He sang these psalms with His disciples, He knew He was about struck. Thankfully, because of His work on the cross, today all we have to do is speak to the Rock, and out will flow the water of life and a river of refreshment into our lives.
Pastor Sandy Adams
At the Cross
When Jesus was crucified, He, our Rock, was struck and water flowed out of Him…
31 It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was Passover week). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus. 33 But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t break his legs. 34 One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. 35 (This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account. He speaks the truth so that you also may continue to believe.) 36 These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”37 and “They will look on the one they pierced.”
John 19:31-37 NLT
Only Jesus Gives Us Living Water
As He told the Samaritan Woman…
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”
John 4:13-15 NLT
And as He told us…
38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” 39 (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
John 7:38-39 NLT
Jesus freely gives us the Holy Spirit when we become Born Again believers and are Saved.
If you’re not sure if you’re saved or not, if you truly want to be born again and have the assurance of salvation, receive the Holy Spirit, feel His Shalom — a peace that surpasses all understanding, and get a 1-way, non-stop ticket to Heaven after you die, or that you won’t be left behind at the Rapture, which can happen at any moment, this is what you have to do…
