Hold My Hand
Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving Fellowship with those you love. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Lets get straight into the our encouragement today. Lets start by reading Exodus 17:8:15
8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.”
15 Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner. 16 He said, “Because hands were lifted up against[c] the throne of the Lord,[d] the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”
This morning the Lord lead me to reread this story. What enlightened my understanding that I never got before was the fact that there was a clear attack to the people of God. Like the wise leader Moses was he sent out the best to battle which was Joshua. He gave Joshua authority to select the men’s to go with him to battle. While in the battle Moses and two other went up the hill with the staff of the Lord. Verse 11 said that as long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were wining, but whenever he lowered his hand the Amalekites were wining. So there is a couple things that the Lord is showing us in todays reading let me break it down to how the Lord showed it to me.
Firstly, verse 8 there is an attack against the people of God. Secondly, who is your highly trained in your team of prayer warriors? Those are the ones the Lord is calling into the battle. Ohana, do not go alone to battle gather your prayer warriors those who are trained and skilled in intersession. And thirdly, Moses is a sign to us that he was standing in the gap for Joshua and his men’s. Not only was Moses standing in the gap for Joshua but verse 12 says Aaron and Hur was standing in the gap for Moses as his hands grew tired. There is a company of prayer warriors being called out to stand in the gap for those in the battle. The strategies in these verses was specific in order for Joshua to have won the battle. Whos holding your hand up? Whos standing in the gap for you? Hope this encouragement was a blessing to you. Join me on @ehalawaimai on Instagram for more encouragement.
Love,
Ku’uleialoha