August 16, 2020 | Matt Ware

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Everyone goes through wilderness seasons in their lives, but MOSES was a wilderness expert! From 40 years alone in one wilderness to 40 years of leading Israel through another, his story shows us the power of the journey through the wilderness; it shapes us, develops us and forms us into the people God has called us to be. A look at the life of MOSES reveals that the wilderness isn’t something we just endure; it’s something we can embrace!

Winning in the Wilderness

Exodus 17:8-13 (ESV) 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.

1. We need to FIGHT

1 Timothy 6:12 (ESV) Fight the good fight of the faith

2. We need FRIENDS

Exodus 17:11-12 (ESV) 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.

3. We need the FORCE

Exodus 17:9 (ESV) I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.

Colossians 2:9-10 (NIV) For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.

Exodus 17:14 (ESV) Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book…