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*April 30, 2006—Morning Worship*
*Celebrating Life in Christ*
*Personifications of Celebration*
*Various Verses*
*Intro:* *[*When I was a youngster, I played Little League Baseball.
My position was left field (some of you think I’m still in it).
During one particular game, the coach moved the players around, & I wound up on 3rd base.
Now I’d never played 3rd base before, so I didn’t know all the in’s & out’s of the position.
In the 9th inning, w~/a man on 1st & 2nd & the winning run at the plate — our pitcher was behind in the count & had to throw a hard fastball right down the middle of the strike zone.
The batter sung for the fences & made contact w~/the ball, which flew off the bat & headed directly over my head.
Merely out of instinct, I threw my left arm up in the air & the crowd when wild w~/excitement.
I assumed it was b~/c the ball was now headed over the fence for a walk-off homerun.
& then I realized that the ball was in my glove!
I had caught the ball!
Almost everyone in the crowd was jumping up & down & giving high 5’s to one another.
So I acted like I knew I had it all along.
The coach told me later that, “If you weren’t so tall for your age, they’d been no way for you to catch that ball.”
But I did & a big celebration ensued as the coach took the team for ice cream.*]*
How do you celebrate life achievements?
Do you jump for joy?
Do you reward yourself w~/food?
Do you clap your hands?
Do you shout out loud? How do you celebrate the good things that happen in your life?
Or more to the point, how often do we even celebrate life?
We’ve been given the most precious gift of all – not just life, but eternal life!
How do you celebrate that?
How often do you celebrate that gift?
Let's look at 3 separate Biblical examples of celebrating life in various circumstances so that we might learn how to be the personification of celebration.
- 1st, let’s look at the life of…
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Miriam – who personifies a heart of gratitude.
*(Exodus 15:20-21) */20/*/ Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; & all the women went out after her w~/timbrels & w~/dances.
*21* & Miriam answered them: "Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse & its rider He has thrown into the sea!"/
- Notice 1st of all that…
*A. **Miriam demonstrated gratitude to the Person of God.*
- Miriam’s name is the Hebrew equivalent of the Greek name of Mary.
- Her name literally means “rebellion.”
& it comes from the bitterness of the times & the harsh conditions of slavery into which she was born.
- She is described in our text as “/the prophetess./”
- That word is used to describe 5 women in the OT: Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, a false prophetess named Noadiah & the unnamed wife of Isaiah the prophet.
- The word “prophetess” has 4 possible meanings, each 1 associated w~/1 of the names just mentioned.
- In ancient times, it meant “one endowed w~/the gift of song” which Miriam & Deborah represent.
- In later times, it meant “one experienced in the Word” which Huldah represents b~/c she was consulted to authenticate the Book of the Law that Hilkiah the priest found in the days of King Josiah.
- It is also used of a false prophetess, Noadiah & of the wife of Isaiah.
- So the Bible tells us that Miriam was gifted w~/song.
- But I also discovered in the Scripture that God spoke, not only through Moses, but through Aaron & Miriam also.
(Found in Numbers 12:2 & Micah 6:4)
- You can also find in the Scriptures the fact that Miriam was apparently a lot older than Moses.
- The Bible tells us how Miriam stood at a distance & watched to see what would happen to Moses after he was placed in the basket in the river.
- When Pharaoh’s daughter found Moses, she told Miriam to go & get a Hebrew woman to nurse him.
- The Bible says that, “/the maiden went & called the child's mother./”
- The word “maiden” literally means, “a young, virgin woman of marriageable age.”
- Our text also tells us that Miriam was, “/the sister of Aaron./”
- She is called Aaron’s sister b~/c she & Aaron are both older than Moses.
- & so, now that you know who Miriam was, you can see that she personifies a heart of gratitude & she does that by demonstrating gratitude to the Person of God.
- She was born into harsh conditions; her youngest brother’s life was threatened; her family took drastic measures for his safety; & God rescued him from the river!
- But not only that, God also rescued the nation of Israel from their bondage in Egypt!
- But not only that, God also rescued them from the advancing Egyptian army!
- So what was her response?
Miriam sang a song in celebration of their rescue from the Egyptians.
- It was a time when all Israel saw the mighty hand of God defeat the army of the Egyptians by drowning them in the Red Sea.
- Miriam led the women who played tambourines & danced in celebration of God’s deliverance & salvation.
- They repeated the 1st line of Moses’ song & sang & played & danced for God’s glory!
- They said, /"Sing to the Lord, For He has triumphed gloriously!”/
- They gave all the praise to God; they’d seen His victory!
- Are you praising Him for who He is? Are you praising Him for His victory in your life?
- Not only did Miriam demonstrate gratitude to the Person of God but…
*B. **Miriam demonstrated gratitude to the Power of God.*
- “/The horse & its rider He has thrown into the sea!"/
- That means there was complete victory!
God had the power to prevail!
- His deliverance left no doubt that it was God’s doing!
- & when it comes to salvation today, there is no doubt when someone is saved that it’s God who did it!
- His victory is complete in us!
His power is demonstrated in us!
His grace is bestowed on us!
- Are we singing & playing & dancing in our hearts & in our lives as a demonstration of our gratitude to the power of God at work in us?
- I can tell you now that the pagans of this world know how to celebrate!
If you’ve ever been to a ballgame or a race you know that’s true!
- & we come into church w~/our Sunday best on, & sit in quiet reserve as someone sings to the glory of God or as someone testifies to the power of God!
- I’m not advocating that we establish disorder in our services.
But I am saying that if God’s Spirit moves you to raise your hand or say Amen -- then my all means do it!
- Don’t sit there in silence & deny God’s glory or His Person or His power!
- But praise Him in demonstration of your grateful heart for who He is & what He does!
- Miriam even led others to do the same as she personified the heart of gratitude.
- But now, let’s turn our attention to…
*2.
David – who personifies a heart of worship.*
(2 Samuel 6:12-15) */12/*/ Now it was told King David, saying, "The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom & all that belongs to him, b~/c of the ark of God."
So David went & brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David w~/gladness.
*13* & so it was, when those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen & fatted sheep.
*14* Then David danced before the Lord w~/all his might; & David was wearing a linen ephod.
*15* So David & all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord w~/shouting & w~/the sound of the trumpet./
- David was bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem the right way.
- He had tried before w~/disastrous results; He had tried to do it man’s way rather than God’s way.
- But now, David follows the instructions of God & there is cause for celebration b~/c God blesses that which is done according to His word!
- & so…
*A. **David worshiped God b~/c of His Revelation.*
- If it were not for God revealing Himself to man, no one would know God.
- He would be a complete mystery to us; we wouldn’t even know His name if He didn’t reveal it to us!
- The Ark of the Covenant was a visible symbol of God’s revelation & presence w~/His people.
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