Exo 17:11 As long as Moses held up his arms, the Israelites won, but when he put his arms down, the Amalekites started winning.
Exo 17:12 When Moses' arms grew tired, Aaron and Hur brought a stone for him to sit on, while they stood beside him and held up his arms, holding them steady until the sun went down.
Exo 17:13 In this way Joshua totally defeated the Amalekites.
Moses must have been so tired holding both his hands up while the battle rages on below him. So, Aaron and Hur helped by holding his hands up. The Israelites won the battle because God helped them, because Moses held up his hands, because Aaron and Hur held up Moses’ hands, and because Joshua and the Israelites fought bravely.
God helps Christians win their battles if they do their part, if they help one another like Aaron and Hur helping Moses (Gal 6:2) to hold up his hands to bless the Israelites while they fought for the Lord, by fighting each of their individual battles bravely (Gal. 6:5) the way Joshua fought the Amalekites, and by putting one’s trust in the Lord (Isa. 40:31) the way the Israelites had done when battling the Amalekites.
Weekly Bible Devotional
Jacob Wrestling with the ANGEL of GOD
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Genesis32:23-31
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