God had the road map for their journey.

They had to trust that God would provide for them. They carried the Law and they had no land which was theirs. In one way they were homeless people looking for the hope that God had promised. Jehovah Nissi is about carrying the colors of God to the world around us. When Paul writes in Ephesians, he challenges Christians of every position to be different. Most of all he writes that we should stand firm, not fight. We should be the color bearer for the Commander. Israel didnt always understand this idea. Amelak attacked their weaknesses. For Moses it was age. He didnt have the strength and there were few leaders to choose from. There were lots of men who wanted to be leaders, but not leaders who understood God well enough. Jehovah Nissi is the place name given when there was a victory given to us by God because we were obedient. It is the place where we carried the colors of our Commander and defeated the enemy. Amalek doesnt go away. The children of Esau are waiting to take advantage of our every weakness. They scare us into not moving forward in our life. At a later time when Israel met Amelak again the spies went into the promised land and were scared to move into it because of Amelak. Just the two spies, Caleb and Joshua, were ready. It took a generation to die before Israel was able to claim the land of Canaan. Today we all have weaknesses. We often get tired because we are doing the fighting. We have all the protection as the Apostle shows us, but we find it hot and heavy. We carry the colors but find ourselves bored and lazy. We are in a spiritual war. We may even have to go to war physically, but most of the time we do have a choice. We focus on our life as wanderers in the desert complaining about what God has given us. Look at your life today. Where could you build an alter to remind yourself of Jehovah Nissi, the God whose banner I carry to battle, knowing He has given the victory in my life. What battles are you fighting that you need to give to God?

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