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Today’s Devotional Scripture: 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:20-21 KJV
The Message For Today (May 14, 2026):
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So often, we are discouraged from celebrating. We’re discouraged from sharing the goodness of God. We’re discouraged from blessing others with our testimonies. And when looking at a culture that says to just quietly be blessed by God, quietly see the goodness of God in your life, and maybe if it’s powerful enough or evocative enough, then of course, you can share it. If it evokes emotion, then you can share the story. If it’s to help someone, then you can share it.
We minimize the goodness and the grace of God to quiet victories and quiet wins, and we slowly but surely dim our light in the world that desperately needs the light of God, and desperately needs the love of the Father. The world desperately needs to know that God is more than able.
But in a world that hates Jesus, even celebrating God and celebrating His goodness and worshiping Him in song is discouraged. It is attacked, and it is essentially made to be evil. So what is good is painted as wrong, and what is wrong is painted as good.
In this season, a new song of victory is a prophetic move of the Lord. It is a prophetic move of God for you to decree through song, through worship, through trust, and through praise that God is making a way. In the cornerstone scripture, in Exodus, we see that the Lord has broken the sea over Pharaoh and Pharaoh’s army.
The chariots are underwater, the men are underwater, and the horses are all consumed under the weight of the Red Sea, which was open just long enough to allow through the Israelites. In the beginning of chapter 15, Moses and the people began to sing. They begin to glorify God. They begin to worship corporately of the goodness of God.
That is the song that Miriam is responding to. That is the worship that went out with the women with the timbrels and dances. They are glorifying God, and in the glorification of the Lord, they are honoring God with a song of victory. This is often referred to as the song of Moses in Exodus 15, and in these verses, Exodus 15:20–21, we see that Miriam begins to respond and encourage them to sing unto God who hath triumphed over the horse and the rider.
We see another demonstration in scripture of the same attack on worship. After His double victory over the Philistines in the valley of Rephaim, in 2 Samuel 5, David then gathers 30,000 men, and the gathering is so that he can go forth and retrieve the Ark of the Covenant (2 Samuel 6:2 KJV). He wants to retrieve the Ark of God and take it into the city of David, so all the young men of Israel are gathered. He goes forth to retrieve it.
The first time he tries to do it, Uzzah dies. Uzzah touches the cart while it is shaking; the Lord is incensed, and immediately, right there, Uzzah is struck down. So they leave the Ark of the Covenant in the house of Obededom, and they leave it there for a time. So much so that the house of Obededom is abundantly blessed.
They come back to David to report that the Ark of the Covenant is blessing Obededom in his house (2 Samuel 6:12 KJV). So David does it again. He failed the first time. They didn’t know how to handle the Ark. But the second time David goes forth, and as he goes forth, every six paces, they are giving sacrifices to the Lord (2 Samuel 6:13 KJV).
They are worshiping God.
They are blessing the Lord. Step by step, pace after pace, on that long journey, they successfully get the Ark of the Covenant back into the city of David, formerly the city of Zion. And when they get it back, David begins to dance. The dancing that he does is in worship. That worship was powerful. The leaping and the dancing were exuberant. It was a celebration.
Michal, Saul’s daughter, saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord. He had just achieved the task of traveling with the Ark of the Covenant in a way that honored the Lord, that did not displease God, and that made it into the city of David. She despised him in her heart (2 Samuel 6:16 KJV). That was not the only thing: she didn’t just hate him in her heart; she decided to say something.
In 2 Samuel 6:20 it states:
20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
And in verse 21, David states:
21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.
22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 2 Samuel 6:21-23 KJV
The consequence of her mocking David was for her to be childless until the day she died. This is how seriously God took mocking.
We see it also in the Book of Numbers, where they chided with Moses, and punishments, and there were judgments that were meted out by the Lord as they even came through the wilderness. The mocking, the chiding, the murmuring is some of the language used in the Book of Numbers to describe the behavior of mocking men of God and mocking the leaders.
In this case, it’s not just for men. When we go forth in the world, and we are celebrating, and we are joyous, people often attack that which makes them feel insecure or that which they feel is unpolished, or that which they feel is less than the way you should operate.
That spirit that wants to attack that worship, after the glory that you’ve walked through, after the season that you walked through, after the victory that you stepped into, that spirit desires to muffle your praise, to muffle that song of victory, to muffle that worship, to muffle the dances, and to rain on your parade.
As is often stated, this is a spirit, and that spirit is full of vanity. The spirit
hates to see the joy of the Lord,
hates to see people celebrating the Lord,
hates to see the light of God shining through your worship, through your praise, through your victory, through your celebration, and through your song.
This is a demonstration of exactly what today’s devotional is about. It is about worshiping God in a season. It is about worshiping Him in the midst of great victory and in the midst of just believing for who He is: dancing before the Lord, worshiping God.
Anyone who has an issue with that is stifling worship, stifling a demonstration, stifling honor that you’re given unto God from your very being, from the joy, from your faith, and from your accomplishment of a thing. To celebrate, to walk in joy, and to be full of his light is our assignment. Isaiah 60:1–3 tells us to arise and shine, for the light of the Lord hath come.
It states:
1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Despite the darkness, God desires for you to be the light.
He desires for you to sing a song of victory. He desires for you to dance before him, to worship him as David did. This is part of our worship, and we don’t have to wait until we bring the glory into it. Isaiah 60:2 says that the glory shall be seen upon thee. The glory of God is on you and your worship and your joy in your magnifying the Lord.
This is why that song of victory is a necessity. This is why celebrating what the Lord has done, regardless of how small it may seem, is so essential. Because it’s not small. The move of God, even in a small thing, is a testament of His love for us. It is a testament that He is a promise‑keeper and that He is a way‑maker, and He is worthy of our praise. He is worthy of our worship. Bless Him and release a new song in Jesus’ name.
Closing Devotional Prayer
My prayer for you:
Father, in the name of Jesus: I thank you. I thank you, Lord God, for a song of deliverance. I thank you, O God, for a song of healing. I thank you, God, for a song of joy. Whatever song you have for the mighty woman of God, I pray for the release of that song upon her now. For Lord, you are with her. You will never leave her nor forsake her.
God, I thank you for the outpouring of your Spirit. I thank you for the weighty glory of God. You are the promise‑keeper, the great I AM, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, and there is nobody like you. There is nothing above you, O God, who can stand against you, Jehovah? You are our God, and you reign over the heavens and over the earth.
I thank you for the mighty woman of God. I pray a blessing upon her, upon the work of her hands. You are the King of kings and the Lord of lords. God, have your way. I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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