Principals of the House of God: A Psalm 127 Study
Today’s Focus: Purpose and Design
Scripture: Psalm 127; Ephesians 3:9-12
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Psalm 127:4,5: As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
God refers to the children as arrows in the hand of a mighty man. Now we can go ahead and put this in the realm of the eternal in the sense of God holding us, the sons (arrows) in His hand. Now if anybody knows anything about archery then we know that a warrior or archer does not shoot crooked arrows because they will miss their mark. Even in our current day manufacturing process, if an arrow comes out crooked, bent or slightly misaligned, it is no good and usually destroyed because nobody wants to shoot a crooked arrow. In addition if you were to go to war, a crooked arrow will miss the mark and leave the warrior exposed. So the arrows or the sons of God in the hand of God must be straight so they can be used by Him to hit their mark wherever He aims them. The straightness of the arrow depends upon the one that is shaping and sharpening it. Here is a thought. The arrow itself cannot mold itself so it’s shape and straightness is designed by the warrior for its intended use. When we are in the hand of the Lord, He molds and shapes us for His intended use. It is the Word of God that shapes us and sharpens us. A father molds and shapes his children in the “way” he wants them to go. Hence in the natural sense, fathers are to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, laying out a straight path for the child to understand who the father and the Father is when they come of age.
When the child comes of age their parents deploy them out to fulfill their destiny. Once we have been molded and shaped for God’s intended use, He deploys us or fires us, to hit the mark He desires to hit and bring His Kingdom influence to that area.
Psalm 127:5 goes on to say happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. A quiver is simply a case that the arrows are contained in. Hence happy is the man who has a lot of children. Now do not get this wrong, if all of the arrows in your quiver are molded properly and sharpened then you are happy and eager to deploy each arrow at will. You are not ashamed of your arrows because you know they will hit the mark as you have designed them to. God has the largest family on Earth. He is very happy with those children who do not rebel and have submitted to the will of the Father to be used by Him to hit their mark in life.
The enemy hates the children of God because God chose them to be the heirs of the Kingdom and not the angels. The fallen angels and demons believe that God made a mistake in choosing mankind to be the heirs and hence their whole mission on earth is to destroy and defile mankind to prove God wrong. Well we know that will not work and it will be the sons of God in the end that will have the victory. God will use the sons of God as arrows to pierce through the lies and deception of the enemy until every enemy is brought under the feet of Jesus Christ. Let me leave you with this scripture:
Ephesians 3:9-12: And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of Him.
In the next message we will summarize this series on Psalm 127.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
