🔥 Kindling — Chapter 8: Why Moses Didn’t Pop Bottles

If you’re thinking this is about celebration, pause.

This is about what comes after.

Start with the first question:

How do you usually respond to victory?

Think of a moment when something went right.

You made it through.
You reached the goal.
You got what you were hoping for.

What did you do next?

Celebrate?
Rest?
Move on quickly?

Now ask:
Did that moment turn inward… or upward?

Move to the next question:

What does Moses’ choice to sing rather than celebrate teach you?

Picture the scene.

The sea behind them.
Freedom in front of them.

He could have stopped there.

Instead, he lifted a song.

Not to himself—
but to the One who brought them through.

Ask:
What would it look like to mark my victories with gratitude instead of self-focus?

Now consider:

What recent “sea-crossing” in your life needs to be marked with worship rather than self-congratulation?

Name something specific.

Not your biggest moment—just a real one.

Then ask:
Have I moved past it too quickly…
or held it too tightly?

What would it look like to pause
and acknowledge what carried you through?

A victory is not the end.

It is a turning point.

An altar.

A place where you remember
before you move forward.

You made it through.

Now decide what that moment becomes—

a celebration of yourself,
or a recognition of what brought you here.