06/05/2025
DOMINION MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025
RELEASING AUTHENTIC SONS AS ARROWS
BIBLE READING: 2KINGS 13:14-17; ISAIAH 49:2; EZEKIEL 39:3
"Behold, children are a Heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They shall not be ashamed but shall speak with their enemies in the gate" Psalm 127:3-5 (NKJV).
Comprehending the Divinely Ordained Relationship, which exists between fathers and their sons, makes it necessary to utilize word pictures. For example, using the analogy of archery as implied by our Key Scriptural Text, fathers are likened to bows and mothers are likened to quivers while sons are arrows. The Holy Bible gives a record of the first group of soldiers who pledged their Undivided Loyalty to King David and helped build up his army while King Saul tried to kill him. They were Benjamites, Saul's own kinsmen: "Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war, Armed with bows, using both the right hand and left in hurling stones and SHOOTING ARROWS WITH THE BOW. They were of Benjamin, Saul's brethren" (1Chron. 12:1-2). Carefully consider the phrase "shooting arrows with the bow." In every form of conventional warfare, arrows are unable to guarantee Power, Precision, and Pe*******on on their own without the bow.
The Holy Scriptures state that King Jehu, while executing Divine Judgment on the dynasty of King Ahab and promoting reformation in the Northern kingdom of Israel, channeled all his strength through his bow which then unleashed the arrow that killed King Jehoram with mortal effectiveness (2Kgs. 9:24). In other words, it is the primary job of every effective bow to give its arrows Distance, Direction, and Delivery. Simply put, a bow's effectiveness can only be known after launching its arrows, which is exactly what all fathers have been mandated to do with and through their sons.
We have been raised by the Lord God Almighty as Genuine sons and arrows in the Hand of the Mightiest Man of all: El Gibbor, the Lord God Almighty Himself (Ps. 127:4). Our fathers are those bows with whom the Lord launches us with Lethal Force to dismantle His enemies in the gate. On this premise, we have a Divine Obligation to remain concealed in the Quiver for the Purpose of Proper Training and Discipleship, (Isa. 49:2) being adequately prepared the same manner in which John the Baptist was "till the day of his manifestation to Israel" (Lk. 1:80b). This guarantees that we remain in Proper Alignment with our father-bows so that together we may re-establish the Father-Son Divine Order of the Lord God Almighty Himself on Earth.
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, we magnify You for granting us the Privilege of being worthy sons and arrows in Your Hands. O Lord, please help us align with our fathers that they may launch us fully into our Prophetic Destinies in Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen.