I wanna be like _______. Fill in the blank.
People want to imitate, emulate. To be someone they are not. But, we are who we are. We can all change, become better. I like being me, most days. I don't know who else to be. But I sure would like to be like Hur, every day. In some way.
I may not be able to be like Hur, physically, but I can be, spiritually. Prayerfully.
That is my aim in life.
Exodus 17:11-13 gives us a bird's eye peek into what it means to be like Hur.
11~ So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed. 12~ But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set. 13~ So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.…"
Can we help someone prevail? Can we encourage, lift another in prayer, be a right or left hand? Undergird? Touch a weary arm? Squeeze a drooping shoulder? Whisper a word of encouragement?
Everyone has a battle they are waging in the war called life. As Believers of Christ, we are standing in the gap until He returns to claim his family--his church. To gather his faithful. Most of us have little in way of earth's possessions. That's okay. Doesn't matter.
Silver and gold, have I none, but what I have, I can give...Christ who lives within me. He is the Source of all that's necessary. Camouflaged as I keep Him from the world at times, He is here, with me. May you see Him in the darkness of this age. For who has given a cup of water in His name and not been noticed by the Father above who rewards in open?
Some day. Some day we'll all hear the most beautiful words of our Savior: "Well, done, my good and faithful servant." Some day. Until that day, I will live by His Word, His truth... and try to be a lot more like Hur. ~selahVToday by hariette petersen
