The Lord Is My Banner
“Jehovah-nissi” (Exodus 17:15).
During the Napoleonic wars there were multiple encounters between one British warship and one enemy warship. Usually the British ship was victorious and the enemy surrendered. When this happened the enemy ship changed masters and headed toward a new destination — a British port. It also had placed on board, a British officer, and as many men as were needed to keep in check the old captain and crew.
The illustration is very applicable in our lives. Each of us when we got saved were converted, or in other words, like the ship, we changed our flag, owning Christ now as our Lord.
“Jehovah-nissi” means “The Lord is my banner.” What banner or flag are you flying today? Will you hoist your flag for Christ to let others know that you belong to Him and desire to please Him? Will you let the world see that you want to give Him first place in your life? Or are you ashamed to raise your banner for Christ? What would you think of a ship’s captain who was ashamed to fly the flag of the country under whose auspices and protection he was sailing?
