You can do this! He's Got You~In His Word 11-24-2025
Adapted from11-15-10
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 him. (Hello? He had God the Father!)
But, God saw that he felt alone, and that he needed a friend, and
helper. He gave Adam Eve, and she led him to be weak. True story, sometimes our friends are not strong and we
need to stand stronger for them and not allow them to pull us down. It is shown
in this story that its easier for us to fall prey to the weak sometimes.
So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of
Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill. 11
As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the
advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the
advantage. 12 Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up.
So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood on each side
of Moses, holding up his hands. So his hands held steady until sunset. 13 As a
result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle. Exodus 17:10-13
There is an important lesson here! 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 their victory.
Sometimes we need to appear strong for our friends; we need to
stand so that they will know we are there for them. Often we cannot do this on
our own, most of the time we need Jesus to stand with us.
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 had 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 are
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 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.
Think of it like a relay race. Pass the baton on to the next
runner so that they may pass it on to the next. 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
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