Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Exodus 15:2

“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.”

Exodus 15:2 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Exodus 15:2, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Exodus 15. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 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.

2 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.

3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Psalms 118:14The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
  • Psalms 18:46The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
  • Psalms 59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
  • Isaiah 25:1O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
  • Psalms 18:1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
  • Psalms 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
  • Psalms 145:1I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
  • Psalms 99:9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
  • Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
  • Psalms 30:1I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
  • Isaiah 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
  • Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and ton…
  • Philippians 2:11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

More to meet God in Exodus

Exodus 14:14Exodus 20:5Exodus 3:8Exodus 18:21Exodus 19:5Exodus 23:21Exodus 23:1Exodus 20:17Exodus 3:6Exodus 28:2Exodus 23:2Exodus 34:7Exodus 27:21Exodus 20:4

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.