Got Your Six
Who's got your six? Whose six do you have?
Hold that question for a second. We'll come back to it.
The Amalekites show up at Rephidim looking for a fight, and Israel has to answer the call. Moses picks Joshua to lead the charge. Then Moses does something that looks almost backwards for a leader: he climbs a hill above the battlefield instead of into the middle of it, with the staff of God in his hand.
The plan only works if Moses keeps that staff raised. Down in the valley, Joshua and the men are swinging swords, taking hits, watching friends fall and get back up. Up on the hill, Moses is fighting a battle nobody else can see — just him, his arms, and the weight of holding them toward heaven for as long as the fight lasts.
And his arms get tired. Even Moses' arms. The guy with the faith to part the sea.
So when his arms start to drop, Aaron and Hur don't tell him to push through it. They don't hand him a pep talk. They get on either side of him, sit him on a stone, and physically hold his arms up — until the sun goes down and the battle's won.
That's it. That's the whole strategy. Two guys holding up a tired man's arms.
Why This Matters For You
Leading a small group will tire your arms out in ways people don't see. You're praying for people who don't know you're praying. You're carrying conversations from Tuesday night into your Wednesday morning. You're showing up faithful even on the weeks you feel like you have nothing left to give.
And the danger isn't that your arms get tired — that's normal, that happened to Moses too. The danger is believing you're supposed to hold them up by yourself.
"Got your six" means somebody's covering the position you can't watch on your own. Aaron and Hur weren't doing anything impressive. They didn't fight the battle for Moses. They just held up what he couldn't hold up alone, for as long as it took.
· Where are your arms getting tired right now — in leading your group, your family, your week?
· Who has functioned as Aaron or Hur for you in this season? Have you told them?
· Is there someone in your circle whose arms are dropping, who needs you to simply show up and hold on — no fixing, no advice, just presence?
You don't have to win the battle alone, and you were never asked to. Find your Aaron and Hur this week. And look for someone whose arms are dropping — you might be the stone they need to sit on, the hands they need beside them.
"But Moses' hands grew weary... So Aaron and Hur held 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." — Exodus 17:12
Who's got your six? Whose six do you have?
