THE BIBLICAL FATHER SEES HIS CHILDREN AS ARROWS
4b) SCATTERING ARROWS continued.
Deuteronomy 28 says, "The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways."
If we as true Christian men hearken diligently, as Israel was exhorted to do, and as the Word and the Spirit exhorts us to do, we will also see this promise come to pass in our lives and the lives of our families. Our enemies will be scattered seven ways. They will flee in all directions.
In Psalm 68:1 it says, "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him." When God arises to do something about evil, He uses His scattering arrows to put to flight the armies of His enemies.
Our nation is fast become filled with all types of evil enemies. Our government is also filled with corruption, such as the Benghazi scandal, targeting conservative groups, and wire tapping the media, etc. The question is: Do we have enough godly conservative arrows to scatter the enemies? The 2012 elections proved otherwise.
The point is that godly parents must raise and train as many children as possible in order to scatter evil on election day, as well as raising up as much opposition as possible toward all evil for every day of the week. This is what Psalm 127:4-5 is all about, "As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Speaking with the enemies means contending with them. It means scattering them with the arrows that are trained to scatter. In this they shall have victory and not be ashamed.
Be encouraged. Colin Campbell