BIBLICAL FATHERHOOD--THE GREAT NEED OF THE WORLD 4. f) HE HAS A VISION FOR A GODLY DYNASTY THE BIBLICAL FATHER SEES HIS CHILDREN AS ARROWS

10) HITTING THE MARK ARROWS

Jeremiah 50:9 says, "Their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain." The truth concerning the arrows of this Scripture is that God can and does use nations that are not His by covenant to expertly fire arrows. This is to bring discipline to nations that He deems past the point of usefulness to His sovereign plan. In this case, Babylon that had been chosen by God to bring discipline to many nations and primarily God's own covenanted people, Israel is now being disciplined. God is now raising up an army of mighty expert bowmanship to hit the mark in Babylon and destroy it.

When God sends His Word through whoever He sends it, His Word will not return to Him void. It will accomplish that which God pleases and prosper where He sends it (Isaiah 55:11).

Babylon had been powerfully used by God, and in a real sense, it was accomplishing the word spoken through the prophets. These nations, although heathen, were the "sent" word prophetically speaking. If God's people will not be in a place where He can use them, God can and does use even the heathen to accomplish His will. If God can and does us the heathen to hit the mark and accomplish His will, how much more would God be pleased to use His own righteous people to accomplish His "sent" word through them.

Men, arrows that hit the target, and not miss or fall short, are desperately needed in this nation and world today.

John 1:6 says, "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John." What a mighty arrow he was.

Be encouraged. Colin