Proverbs 8:30-31 (ESV) – ³⁰ then I was beside him, like a master workman,and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, ³¹ rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man.

Proverbs 8:17 (ESV) – ¹⁷ I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Proverbs 20:27 (ESV) – ²⁷ The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.

I sent this to a dear brother in Christ and thought others would benefit from this as well!

Exodus 17:8-13 (NIV)
⁸ The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. ⁹ Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”

¹⁰ So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. ¹¹ As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. ¹² 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. ¹³ So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

When your hands grow tired, others can step in and help uphold your hands. So you’re not alone in your struggle! So we can still be victorious even when our hands grow tired because God will send us helpers to uphold our hands. In other words, if we are battered, discouraged, and feeling like we don’t have the strength to go on, God will not abandon us to our own strength and will send His STRENGTH to help us keep on going.

Psalm 17:8 (ESV)
⁸ Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings

Psalm 16:5 (NIV)
⁵ Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.

Psalm 118:8-14 (NIV)
⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humans.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.
¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹¹ They surrounded me on every side,
but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹² They swarmed around me like bees,
but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
¹³ I was pushed back and about to fall,
but the Lord helped me.
¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.

Psalm 103:11-12
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.