Sing Into Your Storm

The song of Miriam

“right song – wrong side”

he Great Deliverance of the children of Israel out of Egypt (the House of Bondage) stands as one the Bible’s most incredib le displays of God’s Mighty Power . For over 400 years, the offspring of Abraham were mercilessly oppressed under slavery under the weight of heavy taskmasters. The burde ning “cry” from the slaves reached the ears (Heart) of God, with a desperate cry that came from the deepest place of anguish and torment a soul could ever know.

“And the L ord said: I have surely seen the oppression (affliction) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.” (Exodus 3:7)

Could you imagine being born into the House of Bondage during that time? From the moment your eyes see the light of day at birth, until the moment your eyes were closed in death, the entirety of your life would have only know pain, suffering and toil. An entire life lived in captivity, never knowing the joy of even a single day of freedom. The torture of this imprisonment continued from generation to generation, with hope fading into a distant thing of the past. Why was God not answering them during their great distress? Where was the Covenant that Yahweh cut with Abraham and his descendants? Had not the Lord Himself promised that He would bless Abraham’s descendants, and give them the land of Canaan? How could they even believe something like that while prisoners in the land of sorrows?

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