This one is from way back in 2010, it stood out to me today and I hope you enjoy it as one of my 21 days of Daily posts! May you be blessed today as you work together in His Word!
In His Word 11-15-10
Do you
ever feel like you have fought the good fight and you are ready to stop
fighting?
I have
fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
1 Timothy 4:7
Rise up!
Even Moses had to have arm bearers! Jesus had his team and we need ours! No one
can do it all by themselves; no matter how strong we think we are.
Look
back to the Old Testament;
Adam
needed Eve.
Moses
needed Aaron.
Joshua
had a friend in Caleb.
David
had Jonathan.
Naomi
had Ruth.
I could
go through the whole Bible and name off all those in His Word that needed a
partner in the plan. The fact is we have Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Father
God on our side. He is here to help us through whatever we are going through.
Physically we have friends, or co workers to help us get through a project, or problem successfully. We do not need to give up on ourselves; we can give it up to God!
Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of
the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be
yours for food. Genesis 1:29.
God gave Adam food, but it wasn’t enough. He needed a relationship
with someone like himself.
He needed a friend, and helper. He gave Adam Eve and she led him
to be weaker, sometimes our friends are not strong and we need to stand
stronger for them and not allow them to pull us down.
So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses,
Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held
up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands,
the Amalekites were winning. 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. So Joshua overcame
the Amalekite army with the sword. Exodus 17:10-13
We need to surround ourselves with people who will hold us up when
we are weak in the battle. That we may stand strong for those who need us to be
strong. Aaron and Hur held Moses up as long as the army needed to see him to
fight for them victory.
Sometimes we need to appear strong for our friends; we need to
stand so that they will know we are there for them. Sometimes we need that
friend who is there to lean on, to have support from our friend until the end
of whatever trial or struggle we may be going through.
We need to be able to be humble enough to ask for help.
Moses tried and tried, but kept growing tired. Aaron stepped up
and took Hur with him to give him a hand.
Two things that really stand out to me in those scriptures is
that; 1) Moses needed the help. 2) Aaron was there for him, so was Hur. God
knew they would be and so He sent them to Moses.
Moses did his best and left the rest to God. He did what he knew
to do. God sent a team to keep him up, to push on to the end of the job. Then
Moses left this world, and the team pressed on without him. Joshua took the
lead, he brought the army of God, and the 12 tribes of
Sometimes we have to pass the staff to someone else, or like with
Elijah and Elisha pass the mantle on.
So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him
and threw his mantle on him. 1 Kings 19: 19
Elisha was working, at the job God had put him in when the mantle
was tossed on him. He did not go seeking for it, but he did accept it.
When he realized what God could do he asked for a double portion!
When God has a plan, he will carry it through whether with you, or
the person or persons he sends after you to complete the work. The race will be
run, it will be completed.
Think of it like a relay race. Pass the baton on to the next
runner that they may pass it to the next runner. Sometimes we want to hold on to a
job, or position, and stay where we stood last year even when we are not
getting anywhere. If God moves us, we need to go. We need to trust that He will
direct our path.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for sending us helpers, those who
will get the job done. Thank you for teams that work together to complete the
task and thank you for directing our paths so that we will know that things
will work together for Your good. We love you Lord. In Jesus name, amen.
Suggested readings; Hebrews 12:1-29, 2Timothy 4:1-22, 1 Timothy
6:1-21, Joshua 10:1-33. Proverbs 3:1-35
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In
His love,
Teresa
M. Wilson
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