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Rescue and Response: The Journey of Worship 0:01 Welcome to our study in Exodus. By way of review, if you're visiting with us, for the first time, in the first part of Exodus, what we saw was God's power0:13 and kindness in the plagues and the Passover. Alright, and then we saw God's awareness of his people on his journey, and0:25 we saw God's presence with His people on His journey, God's faithfulness to His people on His journey, and then ultimately we saw0:36 God champion and deliver His people on His journey in the parting of the Red Sea. And now we're gonna see a moment0:49 of rescue and response. Right? The parting of the Red Sea, that's the deliverance, but what's the response? And it got me thinking about moments of rescue.1:01 I was watching moments of rescue in preparation for today's study, and the responses seem to be pretty consistent. Whether people are getting rescued, like, from the top1:13 of Mount Everest at a base camp that got overwhelmed by snow, or from below the surface of the ocean at the bottom, to1:24 being stranded in the middle of the ocean. What you see at after the moment they realize that they've been rescued is this I don't know what the best way to say it is. Maybe1:36 a kinetic release of gratitude and relief and just ongoing verbalization of thank you so1:48 much. Thank you for saving us. Seems to be pretty consistent. And what we're learning in the study of Exodus is that God is relational. God's a lot of things,2:00 and we can name all the things biblically, theologically, all the omnis. But what I want you to see in the study of Exodus is that is that God's relating to his2:12 people on his journey. That God's relational, and maybe you've never thought about it like that. Maybe you know God's word really well, and you've been to seminary, or know a lot of theology, or know a lot of2:23 doctrine. But the context for all of that stuff about God is that he's, first of all, relational. I mean, isn't that what Jesus2:35 prayed? Father, I in them, you in me, them in us. And so when we look at our study today, we have got to think in terms of relationship,2:47 and when someone rescues another person, and then how the rescued respond and relate back to their rescuer.2:58 So just to get us thinking in the right direction, I want us to get God's mind on worship. Because the giving back of gratitude for rescue,3:10 that's worship. Or in Psalm 100, that's thanksgiving. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise, give thanks to him, bless his name, because the Lord is good. Now in this3:22 specific context of Exodus, rescue, and worship, let's kind of get God's mind on rescue and response from scripture.3:34 Okay, and if you're taking notes, I want you to write this down. And the first thing I want us to observe about worship, or this release of gratitude and thanksgiving, over who God3:46 is and what he's done. Worship, write this down, becomes real when our salvation becomes real. Listen to this dynamic in play3:57 in Psalm 40 verses 1 through 3. I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry. He4:09 lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a4:21 new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord, and put their trust in Him. So what we see is someone in need of4:33 rescue, and they're waiting. That might be you. Right now, that person turns to God and cries out to4:45 them. Right? And then there is this moment after turning and crying out, Lord, where they can sense God turning toward them, not just turning toward them,4:57 but entering into their situation that is helpless and desperate and they can't fix it themselves, and he lifts them out, listen, of the slimy pit.5:10 That's a metaphor for an unfixable situation. Right? When you're in a slimy pit, right, you try to crawl up, but the slime makes you slide right back down. You can't get, a foothold. You5:22 can't get a grab. You can't get a hold to lift yourself up and out. You need rescue. Maybe that's that's you today, or maybe you can think of5:34 a situation in your life where it seemed like you just couldn't get out of it. Out of the mud and mire. And then what happens is image of I can't get out, I get lifted out of what I can't get5:46 out, and then instead of having slipping, right, 1 step forward, 2 steps back, you get set on solid ground. And that's where5:58 you get a firm place to stand versus the slimy pit, which clearly is unfirm and slippery and you keep going backwards. And now you can move forward because your feet are now6:10 on solid rock. God gives us a firm place to stand. And then there's a response. I'm rescued now. I'm lifted out of the slimy pit,6:22 and I now will sing praise. It's gratitude, a hymn of praise. The Bible says, to our God, our rescuer. Right?6:34 And many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him. It's actually this this worship that comes out of rescue that other people see, and then they see our6:47 faith in worship because our salvation is real. They see our transformation, and they actually put their faith in the God we're worshiping because we have been6:59 rescued, and they become rescued too. It's a beautiful picture, but what I want you to remember, especially if you're struggling with worship, like worship's dry, or same7:11 songs, or I'm just an introverted person. Sorry. If you get rescued, you have an inexorable kinetic release7:23 of gratitude in your spirit because your salvation has become real. So your worship will become more real once you recognize7:34 and process, not here, but here, what actually happened and what you've been rescued from. And so our worship becomes real when our salvation7:47 becomes real, where there is just this honesty and vulnerability and where we say to god, I I cannot I realize I cannot rescue7:58 myself, and I will be separated from you and your purpose for me forever if you don't rescue me. You see, Christianity is a8:10 faith that requires vulnerability. In other words, we have to admit, I'm I can't save myself. I need Jesus. I need what he did for8:22 me on the cross. I believe in his person, that he's God and his work, that he died on a cross for me, and he accomplished for me what I couldn't do8:34 myself. And so that, in a nutshell, is when it really becomes real. And so when you see people in church and their8:46 hands are lifted and they're sobbing and they just can't get their their mind around it. So their heart leaps out of them, and it8:58 expresses itself in verbalization and in their whole in their whole body. So worship becomes real when our salvation becomes real. If you're taking notes, the second thing I want you to write down, just to get our9:09 thinking right for when we go back to Exodus, is worship becomes a weapon when joined with my faith. Psalm 30 two:six-seven9:21 says this, Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found. Surely the rising of mighty waters, there's an image,9:33 right? Surely, the the rise of mighty waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place. You will protect me from trouble and surround me with9:45 songs of deliverance. And so you see this, again, this this calling out, this praying out of relationship,9:57 to god, and this this protective thing that happens because of the constancy of God's presence, the calling out10:09 for help, the the coming close of God, and you surround me, listen, with songs, songs of deliverance. Right? So the connection between deliverance and10:21 songs is established. Right? And then when the songs are sung, there is this protective energy10:33 from God, this supernatural power that enters in. And that should reframe your worship. Not only does worship become real and personal when our salvation becomes real, but worship becomes10:45 a weapon when joined with my face. Read 2 Chronicles 20, right, where Jehoshaphat turns to the Lord, much like this Psalm describes. He turns to the10:56 Lord and then he's got pressure galore, armies weighing down on me. He turns to the Lord, the prophet comes in and says, Show up11:09 and send out the worshipers. Right? It's this weapon that God uses that then sets an ambush on the enemies that are surrounding him. Listen,11:21 I don't know what your situation is. Just this is a basic application. I don't know what your situation is. I don't know if you're under pressure. I don't know if you're threatened by people. You know11:33 what my advice to you is? Is to do the counterintuitive thing with which which would be to alright. I'm just gonna worship, and I'm gonna keep worshiping. I'm gonna11:45 surround myself with songs of deliverance and god, who does not change, which we learned in our last Exodus study, for I the Lord do not change,11:56 God is gonna surround me. You see, worship is a weapon. Alright. Now let's with that as a basis, right,12:09 Let's go back to the book of Exodus and see the Exodus post rescue response and let's make some application12:21 as Jesus followers, ones who have been rescued ourselves and draw some application for our own worship. Exodus chapter 15 verses 19 andWorship as a Weapon and the Power of Singing 12:33 20. When Pharaoh's horses with his chariots and horsemen went into the sea, the Lord brought the water of the sea back over them. But the Israelites12:45 walked through the sea on dry ground. Then the prophetess, Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women came out following her12:57 with tambourines and dancing. So in the Exodus story of rescue, what is the response of the rescue team? What is13:09 God's word for us as followers rescued by Jesus? Well, we sing the song of the rescued. Let your imagination go for13:21 just a second. You've just walked through an ocean on dry land. You've just witnessed, okay, the swallowing of your pursuers.13:35 Your jaw is like, wait what? I mean your jaw is on the ground, your breath is gone. There's probably this massive pause as the waters now13:47 have gone back over the army, and the dry ground has been replaced again by massive oceans tide. And you've just watched the greatest13:59 deliverance in human history. You have gone in 1 moment from absolute fear and terror14:11 to a transcendent supernatural intervention to absolute silence. I mean, for no who knows? Who14:22 knows how long? And that's where we need to just look again at how14:34 the rescued respond. That was the female response and they were taking their cue from Moses and the men just a little bit earlier in Exodus 15 1 through 3. It says14:46 this, then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the lord. They said, I will sing to the lord for he is highly exalted. He has thrown the horse and its rider into14:58 the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God. I will exalt15:10 him. The Lord is a warrior. The Lord is His name. Wow. So how do people,15:22 but who have been rescued respond? Well, as we learned at the top, when your salvation becomes real, your worship becomes real. If you're taking notes, write this down.15:33 Salvation or rescue changes you internally. K? It it grabs your heart. It grabs you from the inside. Stuff happens15:45 on the inside and it has to come out. Salvation squeezes out kinetic gratitude and and and passion and love15:58 towards your rescuer. Number 2, write this down. Salvation moves your body physically. Okay? We have I love Miriam's sister, man. I mean, Aaron's sister, Miriam. She16:10 man, she just she grabs a tambourine and then all of a sudden, people take the lead. Their their insides are changing, and they all grab tambourines. And they start following her16:22 and dancing, and Miriam begins to sing, sing to the Lord for he's highly ex exalted. For he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea. I mean, they're riffing. At this point, this just16:34 happened. Okay? Spontaneous, natural, congruent behaviors on the inside. It moves your body physically. Third, if you're writing16:45 this down, salvation attaches you personally to your savior or to God. There is a16:58 there is a connection between someone who saves and the saved. There17:10 is a attachment to god and the people of the Exodus now. That and a shared17:22 moment of salvation, a savior, and one's being saved that that we're still talking about. There is a shared17:35 connection that is unique and singular between Jesus Christ and the ones that he has saved. And that17:47 that singular spontaneous natural worship that you see explode out of marriage. She's taking a a tambourine.17:59 That's us. Rescued people rejoice hard. I mean, this is this is what rescued people do. They they sing. You know?18:11 That's where we get the the phrase, you know, we sing your praises. You know, they sing. You see, when your salvation is real, your worship becomes real. Your insides are affected. Your body language18:23 shifts. You say words you only say to a savior. And that's what worship is.18:36 Right? It's not just Miriam's song. It's not just Moses' song. Listen, it's our song because we've been rescued.18:48 I mean, literally, it is God. It is our song. I mean, the Bible says that you're created in Psalm 100 to sing, to shout with19:00 joy before the Lord all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness, or worship the Lord with gladness. Come into his presence with joyful singing. Know that the Lord himself is God. It19:12 is he who has made us. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with what? Thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give19:24 thanks to him, and praise his name, for the Lord is good, and his love endures forever, and his faithfulness, which is what we've been learning, continues19:36 through all generations. So you see how transcendent this worship of God is by people who are rescued19:48 throughout the generations. You're created to sing. I mean, when you study the neuroscience of this, singing engages a complex, beautifully coordinated20:00 network of brain pathways. Singing stimulates emotions. Singing stimulates memory. In fact, right now researchers are learning that it's a treatment20:12 for dementia and stroke and Parkinson's disease. Singing fine tunes the mind. It creates clarity. When you think of not only20:24 that, but singing, creates unity. It creates, unity and pain. It gives us a song to sing.20:35 It it gives us a place to stand. The military, of all the things that they do, when they're when troops land at a destination to go to war, you know what they do? They have them sing songs.20:47 Why? Because the band goes ahead just like it was in the Bible. In second Chronicles 20, where the singing comes first. They understand the power20:59 of song. It galvanizes unity. It empowers hearts. And so, when we're talking about worship and we're21:11 talking about singing, right? God wants us not just to practice singing21:23 in response to him, although that's number 1. There is a kinetic release of energy because we've been rescued. Savior, saved. Rescued,21:35 singing. Right? Worship. Grabbing the tambourine. Being expressive. Body shift. Heart shift. Personal attachment. Relationally.21:48 Right? But god says when his people gather, what are what are we supposed to do? That's why at church, we sing. When his people gather, we sing. In Ephesians 5 19,22:00 it says, Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to 1 another with psalms and hymns and songs from the Spirit. Sing. Okay, that's in the imperative.22:12 Sing and make music where? From your heart to the Lord. Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything22:24 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, parenthetically, your Savior. We're always singing to the Savior. It's right and good22:36 and natural to sing to the Savior. Right? You need comfort today? Sing to the Lord. You need more22:48 humility in your life? Sing to the Lord. You need less pride? Sing to the Lord. Remember who you are and who he is. Are you in the valley? Sing to22:59 the Lord. Are you depressed? Sing to the Lord. Are you on the mountain top? Did you just did you just win a big victory? Sing to the Lord so that it doesn't carry you off like23:11 a like a rip tide into self reliance. Right? Sing to the Lord. God says, and you can write this down. Right? When my people gather,23:24 they sing. Rescued people rejoice. When your salvation is real, your worship is23:36 real. You see, this community of the Exodus, who have been rescued from bondage, through the generations,23:48 has been ultimately realized from the Savior Jesus coming and delivering us. And now we worship back. We23:59 worship as a community. We worship as a family of rescued people who have had our personal seas parted by Jesus, who throughThe Community of Rescued Worshippers 24:11 his broken body and his bloodied body, we've been allowed to cross over just like the people from Exodus, from the domain of darkness24:23 and separation and death into the forever family of God and kingdom of his wonderful24:35 Son. Wow. That should allow us to embrace the very simple application.24:48 That because our salvation is real, when we worship, our worship is real. I mean, why do you see people break into weeping when25:00 they do communion? Because Jesus said, this is something I never want you to forget. I don't I never want you to forget what I did to rescue you. And25:13 the reality of that goes from their head, theologically, to their heart, emotionally, to their body, physically. And then there is this new connection25:25 relational. Some of you who are listening to the sound of my voice right now and watching this session in Exodus are going, I don't have that right now.25:36 I Church feels dry. I'm missing a connection to God. Well, I'm here to tell you that your savior came to rescue25:48 you. And he loves you. And you just need to understand that there's no way to rescue yourself. You're like the man in the slimy pit,26:01 trapped in the mud and mire. And you need lifting out of the pit that you're in. And God, if you believe in the person and work of Jesus Christ,26:13 he'll set your feet on a rock. He'll give you that firm place to stand. And then what he'll do is he'll deposit his spirit in you when you believe, and he is26:25 gonna put a new song in your mouth. Right? And because your salvation is real, your worship is gonna be coming real. But more than that, it's gonna become a weapon. When you worship,26:37 you surround yourself with spiritual power, songs of deliverance. You're gonna gather with other believers and sing together, and you're gonna reach your context. Whether you're watching26:49 me in a prison, or a community center, or a home, or a men's group, or in a church fellowship hall, when men worship together, man, spiritual power27:01 is released, and the enemy is pushed back. Watch out and see what happens. How are you gonna respond on a daily basis to being rescued?27:13 What's your story? And people say, hey. Tell me about your faith. Well, I'm rescued, and my life is a response of worship in every dimension of my life.27:25 I wanna worship the Lord in my marriage. I wanna worship the Lord in my family. I wanna worship the Lord with my words. I wanna why? Because I am grateful to be rescued. So why don't we close with this27:37 benediction, Psalm 100? Let's let's bow our head. Let's give the Lord worship. Shout with joy before the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness.27:49 Come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his people and the28:00 sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. Let's say it28:12 together, for the Lord is good, and his love endures forever and his faithfulness continues through all generations.28:24 We praise you God in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And God's people said, amen. God bless you. Greetings, men. Kenny28:35 Luck, founder of Everyman Ministries. You know, after 30 years of helping men in the mental health, pastoral, and coaching context, The 1 working assumption I've operated on is this. Men,28:47 they're like icebergs. You only see the tip. Under the waterline of the image that they are projecting and the lives that they are living are massive spiritual, emotional, and relational battles they recognize,28:59 but they're just not talking about. And it creates a dissonance. It creates spiritual plateaus. It creates unresolved tensions within that start to eat away29:11 at their faith, eat away at their hope. It opens them up to spiritual attack and lies to the point where so many, if they were honest would say, I believe in God and I believe his promises are true, just not for me right29:23 now. Have you ever felt that or thought that? Well, here's the thing. So many men I counsel and coach say the same thing. I'm attending church. I'm reading my bible. I'm going to men's group. I'm praying, but29:35 I'm not sensing or experiencing God the way I see it promised in the bible. You know that abundant life that Jesus speaks of. I'm I'm not breaking through, and I know there's more. I just don't29:47 know how to get there, and it's confusing me. It's affecting my relationships with God and other people. Now, if you've ever felt the same way, if you've ever had any of those thoughts, welcome to the29:59 club. As men, we go through different seasons of personal, professional, and, yes, spiritual life. And listen, that calls for new Christ formation,30:11 new faith steps, new discoveries, and new thinking. You see, there's no big mystery here. The big wheels of life, of relationships, Christ formation, and of30:23 fulfillment turn on the hidden axles of what the Bible calls your inner man. So when the Bible says, watch over your heart with all diligence for from it flow the springs of30:34 life, It's not calling for new outer spiritual behavior management. It's calling for a new you. You say, how do you know, Kenny? Because God called me personally into30:46 a new season of Christ formation after 25 years as a pastor and counselor. And you know what I needed? 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