Helps--A Blessing to Receiver and Giver

“When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it.  Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.  So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword”  (Exodus 17:12,13 NIV).

   Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of a hill to observe and oversee a battle that Israel had with the Amalekites.  When Moses held his hands up, the Israelites were winning and when his hands dropped, the Amalekites were winning.  Without the help of Aaron and Hur, Moses would not have been able to hold his hands up long enough for Israel to defeat the Amalekites.  Moses had his assignment, and Aaron and Hur helped.   Was Moses more important or were Aaron and Hur more important?  We will never know because they did help, and the Israelite army defeated the Amalekites.

   Help is not always as important in the great order of things as it was in this instance, but it can be vitally important to the one who needs the help.  I recently had a problem with my computer, and I could not access my website, so I couldn’t post my blog.  That was not greatly important in the grand order of things, but it certainly was important to me.  I reached out and asked for help, and the one I asked agreed to help.  It took a long-distance phone call across the nation and an interrupted evening for the one who helped me.  The fix was not a simple one of a one or two step correction.  It took several tries and a certain amount of time to fix the problem, but my helper stuck with it and solved the problem, something I couldn’t do myself.

   Two important things happened to solve this problem.  First, I had to ask for help, and second, the helper had to agree to take on the responsibility of solving my problem.  It took trust on my part, and it took a spirit of helping from the helper.   My daughter-in-law operated in the spirit of Galatians 6:2, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ,” as she helped me.  She also fulfilled Matthew 5:16: “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”  Her good deeds are being seen by others as they continue to read my blogs.  

   You need to realize that you are doing that every time you help someone as you are obedient to God. As we are told in 1 Peter 4:10: “Each of you should use whatever gifts you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”  It’s that easy to be in the grace of the Lord and show His love and concern for our fellow man.  It may not seem vitally important in the grand order of things, but it may well be extremely important to the one you help.  So, keep up the good work and help one another.