Victory!

By now you may be wondering how all this stuff about Amalek has anything to do with understanding the name Jehovah-Nissi!  Let's think about that today.

We've spent some time examining Amalek as a picture of the flesh, and thinking about the flesh as our constant enemy, one we continually battle.  Think about Saul and what we learned in
1 Samuel.  Saul did not fully obey God and it cost him dearly.   Instead of destroying the king of the Amalekites, Saul took him captive, only to eventually become a captive of the Amalekites himself.  In fact, it was an Amalekite who caused Saul's death (see
2 Samuel 1).  This is a picture of the warfare that we face in our lives as Christians.  There is a constant battle going on between flesh and Spirit.  How do we win the war?  By looking up!  By rallying under the standard, the "banner" of our Jehovah-Nissi!  By keeping our eyes fixed on Him!

We are not alone on the battlefield!  The LORD is our banner!  The flesh is in opposition to the Spirit, but it is the LORD's battle!  Victory depends on His banner being lifted up!  The lesson here for us is this:  Apart from Him, we can do nothing!  (See John 15:5)  When we abide under the power, the standard, the banner of Jehovah-Nissi, we can have victory!  Put on the full armor of God today, dear friend, and face the day under the banner of Jehovah-Nissi. 

"Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.  Amen."  (Ephesians 3:20-21)