Jesus Christ was Heaven’s best arrow, polished and prepared before the world began. He was shot forth into this world through the humble bow of the virgin Mary and Joseph the humble carpenter. The effect of His birth into this world over 2000 years ago has impacted the lives of multiplied millions of people.
Isaiah 61:1-3: “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”
God the Father has never stopped shooting forth arrows of deliverance into this needy world. God did not stop sending arrows after the failure of Adam and Eve. Nor did He stop after Noah, the patriarchs, the prophets, the birth of Jesus Christ, and the New Testament church believers.
God still desires to send forth arrows of deliverance through all Christian married couples. He wants as many arrows as possible to bring forth the deliverance that Jesus Christ paid for on His cross at Calvary.
Psalm 127:3 says: “Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” For Israel to have a mighty army, married couples had to have the vision to bring them to birth and raise them.
I am very concerned that the Christian church has lost its vision for raising the sending forth arrows for God. There are many people who are bound by the prince of darkness. He has enslaved multitudes by drugs, alcohol, pornography, and all manner of sexual perversions. And what about depression, poverty, murder, rape, child abuse, and sex trafficking? Women and children are molested and multitudes live in fear and darkness. Millions are in pain and dying of all kinds of sicknesses and diseases.
The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ needs anointed arrows of diligence to set these captives free. The question is: has selfishness, fear, unbelief, and deception robbed the hurting world of God’s arrows who can bring them deliverance?
Who will bring forth and raise the arrows of deliverance and send them forth into this great, needy world? The good tidings are waiting to be preached to the meek so that the broken-hearted will be bound up and the captives will be set free from their prisons, etc.
The present-day 21st century church has been lied to in many subtle ways so that the arrows are not filling the quivers. Like King Joash, we will not shoot forth more than three arrows. Read the story in 2 Kings 13:14-20. Unfortunately, in today’s world it is much less than three arrows per Christian family (only about 1.8).
Where are all the arrows of deliverance? Our world has multiplied millions that need to be set free. The answer is simple. We have been lied to by the enemy.
Let’s get on God’s side and embrace His truth.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell