A believer in a terrible storm

Exodus 17:8-16

English Standard Version (ESV)

Israel Defeats Amalek

 ⁸ Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. ⁹So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." ¹⁰So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. ¹²But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. ¹³AndJoshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

 ¹⁴Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears ofJoshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." ¹⁵And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD Is My Banner, ¹⁶saying, "A hand upon the throne^[a] of the LORD! The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

I love this passage.  The short and sweet of it is this.  During the storm that may even come in the middle of a valley you must lift up the Lord and use the aid of fellow believers.   One of the core values of our church is "you can't do life alone", what a great illustration.  Moses lifting his hands up to God, and when he is tired, his brothers are there to help him by holding his hands up for him and giving him rest.  Sometimes lifting up the name of Jesus can be tiring for one man to do on his own, may we never give up our community, our brothers, our sisters, the rest of the body of Christ, or deny the power of the bride of Christ.  But may we always serve each other in all times.  


Never give up your God given fellowship!