Sunday devotional

The Victory Goes Through Jesus

Exodus 17:8–16 ESV

8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword. 14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner, 16 saying, “A hand upon the throne of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Intro:

This is one of the first times we read about Joshua, he interned with Moses for 40 years.

Isreal and Amalek are in battle with each other

Questions:

What is Rephidim?(Ref-A-Dim) A place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness journey

My idea this morning is this, The Victory goes through Jesus.

We can not be victorious in our Christian walk without Jesus

Want them to understand:

The rod represented God working through Moses.

The Victory continues to go through God.

Conclusion:

How many times when we fail we have Jesus on our side because we use him as a comfort pillow but the moment we are victorious its all about you its all about me and not the one who the victory goes through.