Learnt something pretty cool today..was listening to a sermon by T.D Jakes and he mentioned something about how the Bible descirbes young people as arrows in a quiver of a mighty man! I sorta remember reading that in the Bible somewhere, but didn't really quite got what that meant. Anyway he talked abit more on it, and he said there are three stages to it: reserve, retracted, and release. When the arrows are in the quiver, that is the reserve stage, when it is getting ready to be shot, that is the retracted stage, and finally when the arrow is shot, that is the release stage. And we are the arrows that God is gonna shoot into our destiny or calling that He has for our lives! Interesting thing is that in order to fully fulfill our destiny, we will have to go through al three stages, including the retracted stage. That is times in our lives where we feel that instead of moving forwards towards our destiny we feel that we are moving backwards or further away from it. But the interesting fact is that if an arrow isn't fully retracted, when released, it wouldn't fly far at all! To acheive or obtain our maximum potential, and to fulfill our total destiny, we would have to be retracted to our limits. The greater the retraction, greater the release! The retraction stage may not be easy, but it will definitely build us up and make us stronger in our faith. We just have to wait for God to release us in His on time.
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31
31 But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
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