Exodus 15:1-2 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously, the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The Song of Moses is the most ancient song recorded. The people worshiped the Lord with songs of thankfulness and praise in response to God’s great deliverance and salvation. They had just witnessed the Gospel in living color, and the surpassing joy of God’s salvation prompted them to sing. They exalted the Lord for being their strength and song and salvation. The mighty work of God brought forth faith (“He is my God”). And they determined to make a place for Him in their life (“prepare a habitation”).
Music was given as a gift to humans so that we could appropriately and with exuberant singing respond to God’s grace and goodness. After we see, hear, and believe the Gospel it is ”meet, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to God; therefore we laud and magnify the name.” Thanks and song becomes the regular habit of daily life, for we may continually respond to the Gospel. Then, at least once a week, we gather together to worship the Lord in the fellowship of the saints.
God has done everything there is to do for our life and salvation. There is nothing left for us to do except to thank God continually. Worship is always in the back of our minds, and often in the front. This Christian mind-set and lifestyle is reinforced by hearing and reading the Gospel (the Exodus) of judgment on enemies and salvation of the soul. Worship in spirit and truth is a joyous life.