Raise Your Joy Banner

            Have you had your Joy Juice today?  Raise your “joy banner” and march forward into a joyful day!

            In Exodus 17:15 we read:  ^“And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner.”

            What is meant by “banner”?  All kinds of banners are available on the internet:

• Backdrop Banners
• Mesh Banners
• Adhesive Banners
• Fabric Banners
• Event Banners
• Birthday Banners
• Real Estate Banners

Somehow I don’t think that’s quite the kind of “banner” that scripture is referring to!  However, each banner is an indicator of what’s being “promoted or announced”.  If the Lord is our “Banner”….we are announcing our love and commitment to Him.

            Another way to think of the word “banner” is that it is a standard that bears the colors by which a military unit is identified and behind which troops rally. When Moses built the altar spoken of in Exodus, he named it Jehovah Nissi…..The Lord is my Banner.  He was proclaiming, “I rally behind my God. I trust Him and will look to Him for leadership.  I will faithfully follow Him.”

             May we march boldly and joyfully behind The Banner.   As one writer puts it, “To be distracted, look around. To be distressed, look within. To be defeated, look back. To be discouraged, look down. To be delivered, look up. To be delighted, look to Christ.” HE is our Banner of love and joy!