Wednesday January 24th, 2024
« I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart »
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.
We started discussing how to deal with mountains yesterday and mentioned that we can try to run away from them by turning our back against them or going round them aimlessly- killing the time we should have used to utterly destroy them.
We pointed out the futility of these two approaches in dealing with our mountains. Today, we shall look at some other ways whereby we can deal with mountains- symbols of the challenges of life.
– Another way of dealing with a mountain is by climbing it.
Though it may be difficult, it is a most effective solution, as we see in today’s text.
The wandering children of Israel were confronted with a very fierce battle against the well-organized army of the Amalekites. It was a great mountain indeed.
What did Moses do?
After he had chosen Joshua as the captain of the army and set men for battle, he went up to the mountain to pray for divine intervention.
The Bible says in Philippians 4:6-7 GNT
« Don’t worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart. And God’s peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus »
The above Scripture tells of the importance of prayer when we are confronted with mountainous challenges of life.
This is one of the best ways of dealing with mountains, according to our memory verse today.
Beloved, whatever the nature of the mountain you are facing (which symbolizes a problem), discuss it with God as Moses did in our text of today, and you will see it disappearing before you.
– Another way of dealing with a mountain is by boring a hole through it.
This will create a tunnel through which you can get to the other side and into your promised land (Exodus 14:21-28).
The Lord made an expressway through the Red Sea for the children of Israel to pass through and He can do the same in your life, over and over again.
You will overcome every challenge of life in Jesus’ name
Application – Build an altar of prayer onto God today and you shall have victory over every mountain in your path, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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