Psalms 114:1

Psalms 114:1 says, When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;  In this psalm, David once again reflects on God's work in Israel, starting with His freeing them from Egypt.  We need to at times look back on how God has been at work in our life, beginning with how He freed us from the power of sin when we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse two adds, Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.  God established the government of His people.  Even if we do not have a government that follows God's direction, His commandments and laws, we as Christians are a part of His everlasting kingdom and should follow Him in all that we do.  Verse three continues, The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.  Those around the people of Israel saw God's great work in establishing the people of Israel as His people, and were driven back by the sight of His great power.  People today may not be driven back by the sight of God's work in redeeming us, but one day they will be.  Verse four states, The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.  The mountains shook when God came down to give His law to Moses.  Verse five asks, What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?  The psalmist asked what caused the Red Sea and the Jordan to be parted.  This was not a natural occurrence, but the power of God at work.  Our salvation through our faith in Jesus Christ is not a natural occurrence, but is God's work in redeeming us if we accept His redemption.  Verse six adds, Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?  The movement of the mountains was included in the question of what caused it to happen.  It was not an earthquake, but God Who moved them.  We need to have a mountain moving faith today.   Verse seven declares, Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;  The world should tremble at the presence of God, in fear if we are not saved and in awe if we are.  Verse eight adds, Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.  We serve a God Who can get water out of a rock and Who can move mountains and divide the seas if necessary, so we need not live in fear of the powers of the world.