Jehovah Nissi
The Lord is my Banner
by Judy Hitson
Exodus 17:15 KJV And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi.
The Lord is our Victor; we are to rely on Him, not ourselves or others in the battles of our lives.
Do you stand under His banner, His authority?
Reading Exodus 17:8-16 we find in verse 8 Amalek, Israel’s enemy, come to fight with Israel. I want to note here that Amalek is a descendant of Esau who forfeited eternal rewards for temporary pleasures on earth. We can parallel this example to times the enemy comes to fight us in spiritual battles. Verse 9 Moses told Joshua to choose men and go out to fight with Amalek while he would stand on top of the hill with the rod of God in his hand. Verse 10 Aaron and Hur went with Moses. Verse 11, when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. I see Moses holding his hands up to the Lord in prayer submitting to God’s authority. In verse 12 when Moses hands were heavy and weary, Aaron and Hur stood on either side of him and held up his hands. We can see here the importance of uniting in prayer. Praise God in verse 13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. This brings to mind Eph. 6:17….the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Prayer and the word of God are our spiritual weapons to fight enemy attacks by the Spirit of God in us!
We are not alone. Praise God for His presence and to know as children of God, He is with us always.
Verse 14, I find the words remarkable that the Lord spoke to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.“
When the Lord blesses us to defeat the enemy in spiritual battles, we can write in a book our spiritual victories and stand on the promise of God that He will put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
As I thought about Amalek and the Amalekites, I remembered learning this symbolized the enemy of our flesh. If that is so, is it not amazing that the Lord told Moses He will put out the remembrance of Amalek?
It was after this word of the Lord to Moses that in verse 15 Moses built an altar calling it Jehovah Nissi, The Lord is my Banner.
Exodus 17 closes in verse 16 saying the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. Think about that for a moment. On earth battles will continue. Be assured the best is yet to be when the Lord takes us Home to heaven. Until then let us keep the Lord as our Banner. His name is Jehovah Nissi.
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