The Politics of Holding Up Your Hands Up

The biblical metaphor of holding someone's hands up goes back to Exodus 17th chapter where the children of Israel are being attacked by the Malachites and now they are fighting back. As he holds up the rod, then the Israelites are winning the battle but when his arm gets tired and the rod drops, they are losing. There are people who hold my hands up spiritually by praying for me and fasting for me and the ministry work that we do. That empowers me and helps me and strengthens me. I want to be here when you are looking at things saying, oh, it is all coming down. It is all over. It is too late. There is no hope. There