Lift Your Hands—Prevail Over Your Enemies

Lift Your Hands—Prevail Over Your Enemies

Moses told Joshua to fight with Amalek and he did as Moses had said to him. As long as Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed over Amalek, but when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Spiritually speaking, we need to keep our hands lifted up in our fight against “Amalek”, which is all the enemies in our flesh that can arise in all the various circumstances of life. Then we prevail over the enemy. Then we are in the spirit of faith, and by the power of God we are kept through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Pet. 1:5.

When we let our hands down, doubt and unbelief enter in. We rely on our reasoning and feelings, and doubt God’s tremendous power, which passes knowledge, that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ask or think. Then our enemies prevail and these spiritual forces influence us so that discouragement and worry seep in and permeate our heart and mind. What was actually meant to serve for my salvation and redemption instead becomes a source of discouragement and despair.

Aaron and Hur supported Moses’ hands and held them steady until the sun went down, and Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. We need to be such people who are able to strengthen the faith of each one, so that their hands don’t fall, but are instead held up. This is a glorious task of a mentor! Think to be able to help the young people keep their hands held up throughout their youth time, so that they do not lose faith in their heavenly calling and faith in victory, but instead keep their faith that the remembrance of Amalek can be utterly blotted out.

Think to also be able to support the hands of the parents where arms often are not long enough when working with their children and young people, so that they can plant the spirit of faith in the hearts in this incredibly important time of life.

In WotL no. 287, V. 3 it says: “O that to souls you of help might be; all things are yours if you just believe. Let your heart burn with the needs you see; lift your hands upward in faith.” It is only such ones who have this living faith who can truly help souls.

After all, the goal of our fight of faith is to blot out the remembrance of Amalek. Moses was to impress this upon Joshua. The remembrance of those things which we have put off and put to death can be completely blotted out. A new creation can come forth, renewed day by day in the image of the Creator, which grows up into a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Moses said: “A hand is stretched forth from the throne of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” [Norw.] May we believe in this outstretched hand from the Lord. He will strengthen us in our battle against the enemies in our flesh. May we be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Let all excuses fly right out of the door. They are only unbelief, and it was because of unbelief that Israel did not enter the land. We need to fight the good fight of faith and lay hold of eternal life. Then we will taste the glorious fruits of the Promised Land and find rest and peace in the midst of life’s battles and strife.

“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” Is. 40:28-31.