September 21 – Exodus 17:8-16

God is always the one to win our battles for us.  It’s nothing in us that is truly capable of winning because we are fighting an enemy that is a very conniving and strong enemy.  I’m grateful that our God is stronger.  There are many times I’m weak in my fight and I reach out to God and He sends me help by way of a friend.  That is what He did here.  He had Aaron and Hur hold up Moses arms when He became too weak.  What we must remember though is that the strength is in God, not the friends.  If we start thinking the friends are the ones with the strength rather than God, He will show us the truth.  He gives us godly friends to help us, but I have had times where I depended on my friends more than I was depending on God, and He removed those relationships.  The one we can always count on is God.  There might be people in our lives that support us and help us but make no mistake that they are only there as long as God allows them to be.  We need to gain our strength from Him.  Pray to Him today to help you lean on Him and Him alone.