Exodus 17-20; Acts 3

“8 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.” Exodus 17:8-13

The soldiers below had no idea what was going on atop the hill. They would have thought that the battle completely depended on them. Meanwhile, there was an added dimension to the battle and it was the intercession of Moses supported by Aaron and Hur. Of course, Moses’ intercession without the soldiers would have been useless but soldiers without the intercessors would have ended in defeat. We get to participate at both in our lives. We are the soldiers pushing back the kingdom of darkness while expanding the kingdom of God. We are intercessors supporting those who are working diligently for God. Today stand on the hill for someone battling in the valley and take up your weapons to battle, asking others to stand on the hill for you.

God Bless,

Pastor Rick

Next reading: Exodus 21-22; Psalm 12; Acts 4