The Great I AM: Jehovah Nissi and Sabaoth

my question is, where do you feel outnumbered right now? Where do you feel less than a month, less than enough? Because the lord of angel armies is standing by your side. So, let's bring them together here right quick. Jehovah Nissi raises the banner of victory over your life. You just gotta keep your eyes on it. Jehovah Sabaoth commands the armies of heaven on your behalf. So again, what else? What in the world do we have to fear? Together, they declare, you are not fighting alone. The battle belongs to the lord. You're not fighting alone. The battle belongs to the lord. Can anybody say amen to that? [01:25:15] (57 seconds)  #NotFightingAlone

fight from victory, not for it. Listen, guys. We don't have to strive. We don't have to panic. We don't have to shiver in our boots in fear. We fight from victory. Victory already won. The banner of victory is already lifted high over your life. The victory is already won. First Corinthians fifteen fifty seven, it says, but thanks be to god, he gives us the victory through our lord Jesus Christ. [01:16:33] (31 seconds)  #FightFromVictory

The battle is not won because of how smart you are or how strong you are or how strategic you are or even necessarily how prepared you are. The battle is won because it's the lord who fights it for us. Amen? Secondly, number two, we lift him up in the middle of the fight. Just like Moses' upheld arms with the rod of God, our job is to keep our eyes on him. Our fix, our focus, our gaze, our worship is to be on him even when our strength fails, especially when our strength fails. Our eyes are on him. [01:15:10] (37 seconds)  #EyesOnHim

David takes his own sword and chops his head right off. We know the Philistine army freaks out. They turn and flee and the Israelites again stand there shouting in victory. So, how do you know that day, David even declared from his own mouth, the victory was not his. He did not win that victory in his own strength. He fought in the name of Jehovah Sabaoth, the lord of hosts. So, Jehovah again, the covenant name of god. Sabaoth means armies or host. So, the lord of hosts or the lord of angel armies. You may have heard it translated. [01:21:50] (40 seconds)  #VictoryThroughJehovah

So I guess my question in this is we talk about Jehovah Nissi is, what battle are you facing in your life? We all face battles. Is it in your marriage? Is it in your health? Is it in your finances? Is it in your relationships? Is it in your family? Is it in your your mind, your heart? Where is the battle raging in your life right now? What I would encourage you to do is to lift your eyes to Jehovah Nissi, the Lord your banner. The victory is already his. [01:17:04] (30 seconds)  #JehovahNissi

As I I looked this up, I've actually found three different ways of saying this. Somebody came else came up to me afterwards. Goes, see it. There's different way. Said, yeah. Looked it up. There was like three or four different ways that it could be pronounced, but I'm gonna say it that way today. But Jehovah Sabaoth, the lord of hosts. How have you have ever felt outnumbered? You felt like you stand alone. You felt like you were outmatched in the battle that you were facing. How have you have ever looked at a situation and you found yourself standing there by yourself and you're like, there is no way I've got this. [01:17:45] (33 seconds)  #NeverOutnumbered

What he does address is the size of his god. Yeah. Amen. He says it multiple times. While everybody else was in fear, and pointing to Goliath, David was pointing to god through the whole thing. We just sang into the song a few minutes ago. I will not fear. I will not fear. There's an army of angels here. I'm protected on all sides by the blood of Jesus Christ. Do we really believe that? Yes. Jehovah Sabaoth. Romans eight thirty one. If god is for us, who can be against us? Guys, if this is right, if this is true, what in the world do we ever have to fear? [01:24:27] (43 seconds)  #IfGodIsForUs

how many of you have ever felt overwhelmed by a battle you recognize that you could not win in and of yourself? There was no earthly way. This was not gonna happen. This was way too big. You've you've you've been at in front of a situation, and you've looked at that and you've gone, that is way too big. I don't begin to have what it takes. As if that's you, obviously, you're not alone because we've all we've all been there. And so we're gonna take a look at another battle, a battle that Israel fought right after leaving Egypt. [01:06:42] (31 seconds)  #BattlesTooBig

And meanwhile, we see that Moses climbs up this hill, and he has the staff of God in his hands. The same staff that he used when the Red Sea was part of. The same staff that would that would that would that water would come forth from the rock when he hit it. So he's holding that in his hands. And so as the battle was raging below in the valley, something incredible starts happening. Moses, we know that when he held up his hands with the staff of God, when he hold it up toward heaven, Israel would begin winning the fight. Right? [01:10:57] (30 seconds)  #LiftedHandsVictory

And Moses starts into the excuses and why he wasn't good enough, why he wasn't the one, and why somebody else will be better qualified, and he's telling God about how he doesn't speak very well and all this, and and anyway, we come to this point where Moses says, okay. So, if I were to go to your people, if I was to go to the Hebrews, if I go to them and I say, the god of your forefathers has sent me to you and they say back to me, who who is this god? Who who is the god you're referring to? What do I say to them? When they say, what is his name? What what what do I say? [00:58:25] (33 seconds)  #NameOfGod

if you can just picture this moment, if you can just picture Moses being up here in this valley below and imagine the soldiers and the and the sounds of of of weapons hitting each other and the shouts and the screams and everything that's going on. And and and and the fear that would have gripped is the soldiers began recognizing what's happening. Imagine them as they would see Moses' arms begin to fall. The fear that would grip their heart as they'd see the Amalekites begin to get the upper hand, and and we know that they come to the point where [01:11:47] (27 seconds)  #HoldUpTheLeader

what happened, like I say, Egypt had all these different gods and and we know that here in the weeks to come, weeks and months to come, Moses would go to Egypt. Right? He would go to Pharaoh. He'd say, let my people go. And Pharaoh would say, heck no. Not letting your people go. Letting the people go. And and so what does God do? God sends plagues. Right? And what you're gonna find is, if you didn't you may not have known this, but each one of those plagues [01:00:30] (28 seconds)  #GodOverEgyptsGods