Broken Arrows


            As many of you know I’ve recently discovered archery and have found I really enjoy it.  Last week my parents blessed the girls and I will a really cool higher powered bow.  The step up in bows is kind of like the difference between trying to stand with a walker and running a mile.  The new bow is quite awesome and has a whole lot of power.  Learning how to use it, has taken us a bit of practice.  The above picture was the result of one of my escapades as an arrow was launched into the woods and landed in a fallen tree.  The shaft of the arrow cracked, and I broke it.
            
           After I found the arrow and was walking back through the woods towards the house, I really felt the Lord drop into my spirit that many in the body of Christ look just like this.  They have become broken arrows.  They are wondering why they aren’t being used to hit the goal, but by looking at the picture above you and I both know that arrow isn’t going to be launching anywhere unless I throw it.
            
            Life can wear people down.  People can get discouraged, find themselves launched in a tree and broken.  However, God has a way to make all things new.  (2 Corinthians 5:17)  Once you are living for Him, He makes you a new creation.  Even if you are in the Kingdom of God it doesn’t mean you won’t go through things that can hurt.  HOWEVER, call upon the name of the Lord.  He has a way to put right what seemingly has gone so wrong.  God wants to be able to launch each and every one of His arrows to the fullest of potential.  You don’t have to be a broken arrow any longer.  Allow God to put you back together.
            
            Cry out to God and let God heal what has been broken in your life.  Sometimes you may need some serious one on one prayer time with God.  Maybe you need some good solid Godly counseling, or maybe a conference.  (I just came back from one this weekend, it was awesome!)  Whatever you may need let God lead you in that direction.  You don’t have to go through your life being a broken arrow.  God can heal and put right what has been wrong.  God can and will turn all things around for His glory to those that love the Lord. (Romans 8:28)  You have to give the situation to Him, and you have to trust Him!
            
           God has awesome plans for your life.  Get excited!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

....And I broke the Pickle Jar

Image
Last week my oldest daughter came running to me for help. I had just bought a new jar of pickles and she could not open them up. Surely, Mom could do it and this was going to be an easy thing. I sometimes wonder how they get those lids so tightly on jars in the factory. I was not going to pull the wimp card but I could not get that lid off. I tried banging the bottom with the palm of my hand. I saw someone do that once. It did not work. I tried twisting it, and it would not budge. I even tried getting a butter knife and breaking the seal by trying to wedge it between the lid and the jar. Nothing was working. Dan was not home and even if he was, I really hate admitting when I cannot do something like this without his help. I was going to get that jar open! Finally I took the opposite end of a butter knife and whacked at the lid. I thought a couple smacks would make the jar open, and it did. Evidently, I do not know my own strength. With the sound of breaking glass crackin
Read more

Lessons Learned In The Pruning Season

Image
  People in the church often have a misguided notion that God always operates in the timing and the way that we think He should.   His Word is quite clear that His ways aren’t our ways (Isaiah 55).   The longer I’ve been pursuing a life in the Kingdom, I realize that God is really into times and seasons.   Often one season may look totally different than another season.   Nature reflects this so well.   Winter and summer may look completely different, but they each serve a purpose.   It’s important to discern those seasons.   The sons of Issachar understood this too (1 Chronicles 12:32). It’s important to trust God in those seasons and be able to recognize that God is faithful no matter what a situation may look like.   We often like to talk about the exciting season.   We all want to hear words about harvest and the manifested promises.   We all love to hear stories of the faithfulness of God.   What about the season that things appear dry and dead?   What about the seasons where
Read more

Don't Fall For the Fake Jakes!

I hope all of you had an awesome Resurrection Weekend! He is Risen!! Several weeks ago I had someone claiming to be T.D. Jakes begin communication with me on twitter. At first I brushed him off thinking there was no way he was the real T.D. However this individual was persistent. We began exchanging a few direct messages back and forth. He then proceeded to invite me to go with himself and several other ministers over to Japan to preach over there. That was when I told him to email me at my website email. The conversation continued. At first I didn’t believe at all this was the real T.D. Jakes. However the more we exchanged emails the more I really thought it might. His phrasing on how he worded things sounded like the real T.D. The text emails were coming from Texas, and it was obvious this man spent a long time familiarizing himself with T.D. and his website because of the way he wove legitimate things about the real T. D. into the conversations. This went back a forth for several we
Read more