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DAILY ⓂANNA

WEDNESDAY 14TH JULY, 2021

WHEN THEIR CUP IS FULL

📜📜TEXT: EXODUS 17:1-16📜📜

🔑📖KEY VERSE: “And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation” (EXODUS 17:15, 16).

Sinners and avowed enemies of God’s people are never satisfied with a half-full cup of their transgression against heaven. They push their ‘luck’ too far, inconsiderate of the Lord’s patience with them to repent. At the end, their cup becomes full; it draws the attention and the anger of God and swift judgment follows after numerous unheeded warnings.

The Amalekites, a descendant tribe from Esau, got a taste of heavenly chastisement when they attacked Israel, God’s people, at their weakest moment. The Israelites had just been liberated from centuries of slavery in Egypt. Now at Rephidim in the wilderness, they were in grave distress. There was no water and they feared for their children, women and cattle. The Israelites created a new challenge when lack of faith in God’s ability to meet any need led to murmuring against Moses. The Amalekites struck in this drained state.

But the cup of the Amalekites was full. The Lord did not only defend His children, He also vowed to wipe out Amalek from the face of the earth. He began with the epic victory at Rephidim. Moses, the servant of God, assisted by Aaron and Hur, got heaven’s support from their position on the mountain as Joshua waged the physical battle on the ground for Israel’s resounding victory. Triumph will always come the way of believers who cooperate to confront a common enemy.

The Lord signs off the Rephidim conquest by revealing another name of His – Jehovah-Nissi, the Lord our Banner – to remind believers that day and night, all year-round, all our life, we are constantly under His watch. He protects us from spiritual and physical attacks.

✍🏽THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The Lord steps ahead of the enemy scheming to destroy His people.

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