Skipping Mountians and Fleeing Seas
If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Psalm 114. This psalm is a remarkable recounting of the redemption of God, of His people, in the exodus. And it's marked by exuberance. I dare say that the exuberance of the text of this psalm is every bit the match for Miriam and the women on the shores of the Red Sea. If you look at the two poems which are sung on that occasion or the song that's sung on that occasion and compare it to this psalm, you’ll see the same kind of exuberant delight in God's deliverance. But this psalm is not only characterized by exuberance, it's characterized by poetic imagery that is almost over the top. You recognize everything that is being described in the psalm as you read along, but there is almost hyperbole at every turn. Exaggerated,…