"In the context of Bible days, arrows were for the purpose of war! We are in a war today and God needs arrows for His army. God wants children born to fulfill His strategies and plans. When a warrior went out to war, how many arrows would he want in his quiver? One or two? No, he'd want to squeeze as many as he could. The more arrows he had in his quiver, the more weapons he had to slay the enemy and the more protection he provided himself."
Psalm 127:4-5 compares children to arrows. If that is the case, then why wouldn't we want as many as God would give us?
One way enemies try to gain the upper hand is by destroying the weapons of their enemy. How is Satan going to destroy God's weapons of Godly offspring? By destroying them before they are even born. He does this through abortion, through birth control (which depending on the kind, can cause abortions), and by making people think it isn't "wise" to have children.
Just think of how many Christians there could be fighting for God's ways today if they wouldn't have been destroyed before they were even conceived. Do you think the country would be in the state it is in if God would have had more warriors to stand and defend His ways? So many Christians moan and complain about how far our nation has come from our Christian beginnings, but in many cases, those same Christians are partly to blame for not sending out more arrows for God.
I love this chapter!
ReplyDeleteThe fundamental flaw in the contraceptive mentality I think is that in saying 'no' to more children, we are assuming that these children belong to us, that we can make that sort of decision about immortal souls whom God predestines. They are not ours! They are His! His plans are bigger than mine- Praise Him!