PRaP 10-12-2005

"This Is How We Overcome !!!"

I heard a message Sunday given by a young Pastor from Zimbabwe. I am sorry
but I do not remember his name but the message God was giving through him
was loud and clear. God wants me to share the shortened version with you.
Exodus 17 is where the basis of this message comes. As the Israelites were
wandering through the desert they were attacked by the Amalekites.

8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said
to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites.
Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my
hands."
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron
and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands,
the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the
Amalekites were winning. 12 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. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this on a scroll as something to be
remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely
blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven."
15 Moses built an altar and called it The LORD is my Banner. 16 He said,
"For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD. The LORD will be at
war against the Amalekites from generation to generation."

You see as long as Moses was holding up the staff they were winning the
battle. If he let the staff down they would begin to lose. So Moses sat
down on a rock and Aaron and Hur would help hold up the staff. During your
battles are your hands lifted up to the Lord? Are you a part of a body of
Christ that you can get brothers and sisters around you to help you hold up
your arms when they grow weary? (Singing) This is how we overcome. This
is how we overcome. This is how we overcome. (OK I stopped singing) The
Lord will turn your sorrow into dancing and your pain into joy. But you
have to lift up your hands to worship Him.

PRaP Exodus 17:8-16