Forever You will reign

As I sit here early this morning, trying to settle my mind and focus on God, on Who He is now, and Who He will be this afternoon, regardless of what we hear from the oncologist this morning, the worship song, The lost are found from Hillsong is playing and there is one line that repeats in my mind .....

You are God, forever you will reign

Forever He will reign. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow (Hebrews 13:8). He is the God who loves us and gave His Son, Jesus, for us, so we could have have a forever relationship with Him, long past when our bodies die (John 3:16). He has the victory always, and we are seated with Jesus in that victory (Ephesians 2:6).

When I did a search for 'reign forever' in the Bible, one of the scriptures in the search results was from Exodus chapter 15.  It is the last line of the song that Moses and the Israelites sang after the Lord overthrew the Egyptians and shook them off into the midst of the sea Exodus 14:27.

Below is the full song. The enemy in our lives may not be the Egyptians bearing down on us with intent to kill, but there is an enemy that is opposed to us having a forever relationship with Jesus. That enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus came that we might have life to the full (John 10:10). 

As we read this song, I pray that God gives us a greater revelation of the victory He has won for us and that He does indeed reign forever. He is our Strength, our Song and our Salvation.

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord, saying, I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider or its chariot has He thrown into the sea.

The Lord is my Strength and my Song, and He has become my Salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him.

The Lord is a Man of War; the Lord is His name.

Pharoah's chariots and his host has He cast into the sea; his chosen captains are also sunk in the Red Sea. The floods cover them; they sank in the depths [clad in mail] like a stone. 

Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow those rising against You. You send forth Your fury; it consumes them like stubble. With the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood fixed in a heap, the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

You [Lord] blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; [clad in mail] they sank as lead in the mighty waters. 

Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders?

You stretched out Your right hand, the earth's [sea] swallowed them.

You in  Your mercy and loving-kindness have led forth the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation. 

The peoples have heard of it; they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. Now the chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the mighty men of Moab [renowned for their strength], trembling takes hold of them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away - little by little. 

Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone - till Your people pass by and over [into Canaan], O Lord, till the people pass by whom You have purchased. 

You will bring them in [to the land] and plant them on Your own mountain, the place, O Lord, You have made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. 

The Lord will reign forever and ever. 

Exodus 15:1-18 AMP