Scripture Reading: Psalm 127
From the Pastor’s Heart
Are you impacting the world through your children? Part of our own spiritual development and personal discipleship is making disciples of others and sending them out. Psalm 127:3-4 says, “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them…” Children in the hands of their parents are like arrows. The parent invests in them, teaches them, points them in the right direction, then they shoot them out into the world and let them go. Children are a weapon in the hands of godly father and mother that are impacting the world through their children. One of the greatest principles of leadership is multiplying yourself and your influence through others. This same principle applies to the local church. We are to be a disciple making and mission sending church. We impact the world for the Kingdom of God by developing Christian leaders and sending them out to serve. We guide them and take aim, pointing them in the right direction, then we let go and send them out. The man or woman that has many arrows have the most impact on the world. Those arrows do not have to be just your biological children. Those arrows are the people that you invest in and disciple. As you send them out, their successes become your successes. Their fruit is also your fruit. Their reward is your reward. How many arrows do you have? How many people are you pouring yourself into? Are you multiplying yourself and your influence through others? The man or woman who never invests in others is weak and useless. The man or woman that invests in others and has many arrows that he or she is shooting out in various directions is one that is mighty.
What is God saying to me? Multiply yourself in others. Your impact on the world for my Kingdom will be much greater when you are actively investing in others.
What should I do today? Count your ‘arrows’. Look for ways to strengthen and encourage those ‘arrows’. Aim those ‘arrows’ in the right direction and watch how God uses them.