Triumph

Triumph

It is not a person who is my enemy. It is sin. Principalities and powers (Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.) So when I read passages like I read today from Exodus, I can wholeheartedly appreciate the victory, and the song of triumph. 


10 x 10 acrylic on watercolor paper, mounted on cradled panel

I especially enjoyed painting the red tones in the underpainting today! I had a painting that I liked underneath, and I think it is even better with the top layering. 

Exodus 15:1 - 18 (New American Standard Bible) 
Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said, 
“I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.
2 “The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
This is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will extol Him.
3 “The Lord is a warrior;
The Lord is His name.
4 “Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 “The deeps cover them;
They went down into the depths like a stone.
6 “Your right hand, O Lord, is majestic in power,
Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy.
...
11 “Who is like You among the gods, O Lord?
Who is like You, majestic in holiness,
Awesome in praises, working wonders? 
...
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O Lord,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.
17 “You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance,
The place, O Lord, which You have made for Your dwelling,
The sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established.
18 “The Lord shall reign forever and ever.”