Exodus 17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
It was God who fought against Amalek as the Jews were on their way in the wilderness, but Aaron had to help Moses’ keep his two hands lifted to the skies because concurrence between the Divine and the human is an indispensable necessity of life for the Christian. God healed Naaman by His power alone, but the human agent had to dip seven times.
Jericho was shaken down from off its high horse, but the Jews had to march around the city and blow their horns like little boy blue, as if there was no tomorrow. It all has to do with concurrence between the Divine and the human, the obedience and works of the Old Testament and the grace and power that is focused on in the New Testament.
This is a basic necessity of life for every Christian who will desire to live like a conqueror. And it is not only in the spiritual things where this concurrence is to be incorporated. It must also pervade the temporal aspects of life through which the bulk of our growth and development will often take place.
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searches the hearts know what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!