Life has a way of blindsiding us just when we think we're gaining ground. We finally get our finances in order and the car breaks down. We feel emotionally steady and a relationship explodes. We settle into a new season and suddenly face battles we never trained for. This passage from Exodus 17 captures that exact feeling, and it shows us some important truths about where we stand when things get scary. We're not meant to fight alone. We're called to active dependence and shared dependence, where some fight, some intercede, some support, and God gets the victory. The question for us is simple: whose hands can we help hold up today?