Rock Rolling and Hand Holding

The scripture lesson is found in Exodus the 17th chapter, verses 8 -16 and, also, Deuteronomy 25th chapter, verses 17-19. You are probably aware of the scripture and the story of the children of Israel. They were leaving Egypt, being delivered, and headed for the promised land. They had a promise, a revelation, and a destiny to go to the promised land. Now Amalek was a descendant of Esau. Esau and his family had an inherent hate for Jacob because Jacob got the favor of God instead of them. They were very warlike people. Now it was unprovoked, but, when Israel was going through their land, Amalek attacked Israel. During the battle God told Moses to stand on the hill with his rod in his hand and to have his hands up while Joshua and the group were down fighting the battle. Through dependence upon God, prayer and obedience they won the victory and the battle. But we must not forget the importance of rock rolling and hand holding. It was a long battle. Have you ever tried holding your hand up with a rod in your hand for a long period of time? We know that the scripture says that Moses got tired, and when his hands started going down, Amalek and the enemies of Israel started prevailing. And then he got his hands back up and Joshua and Israel started prevailing. So, he was in a predicament. He was getting tired. It was going to be a long battle and he couldn’t keep his hands up. He was only one man, and it was too much for one man. He needed some help. So, Aaron and Hur were up there with him. They got to looking for a rock and they rolled that rock right over for Moses to sit down on to rest. Then Hur got on one side and Aaron on the other and they held his hands up until sunset and Israel prevailed, because there were people there to help Moses to hold his hands up, symbolizing prayer and obedience.
  We are on a journey. We are headed to the promised land. By divine revelation we have been called for such a time as this. We have had a great precious sacred calling and we also have an enemy. So, we also need rock rolling and hand holding people on our team, in our body of believers to help us. The Bible says we are “members one of another,'' and it’s not just by one, but we all must work together to get the job done. “But since we belong to the day, we must stay alert and clearheaded by placing the breastplate of faith and love over our hearts, and a helmet of the hope of salvation over our thoughts. For God has not destined us for wrath but to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed one. He gave his life for us so that we may share in resurrection life in union with Him- whether we’re awake or asleep. Because of this, encourage the hearts of your fellow believers and support one another, just as you have already been doing.”  I Thessalonians 5:8-11 (TPT).
  Because we are on a journey and we all have a destiny and because the calling is so great, we need to rock roll and hand hold. Also, in Hebrews the 10th chapter we find in verse 23-25, “So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises! Discover creative ways to encourage others and to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love. This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning” (TPT).
  So, let’s each one be a member of the rock rolling and hand holding team.