Exodus 17:8-13

8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.

11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.

12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.

13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

Message Notes

It's not what you possess that's extraordinary.

It's what God puts out through what you possess that is.

Sometimes you can carry something so long that you stop recognizing its significance.

Don’t compare your staff to somebody’s sword.

The power was not in the staff. The power was in the God who chose to use the staff.

Some opposition only shows up because you are no longer where you used to be.

Ambition builds a name. Assignment builds the Kingdom.

I gave God what was in my hand, and God used it for what was in His heart.