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God’s Arrows Are Being Launched!
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by Andrew Towe he Lord recently showed me a vision of an archer
“He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.
with a bow and arrow. I saw the archer place his
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. I am like a
arrow next to the bow and release it. It sadly fell to
sharp arrow in his quiver” (Isaiah 49:2).
the ground. It was not properly launched. Then I looked
Arrows are long-ranged weapons. They are known to
again and saw the archer take his bow and load his arrow.
travel hundreds of yards to hit their intended target. God
I watched as he pulled back both his arrow and bowstring
has long-ranged, and not just short-term, plans for your
and released the arrow into the air. This time brought a
life. God is moving in the midst of the pressure of your
very different finish.
life. Recognize that it is God who allows the resistance, knowing it is in the pullback that the success of the launch will be certain. This is the year that God is accelerating His promises to His children. There will be more accomplished in just one year than in the last 10 combined. There are several examples of the pullback in the Bible, such as in the lives of Moses, Joseph, Samson, and David. The one that stands out to me the most is Joseph. Joseph’s life could easily be summed up as a rollercoaster of starts and stops—favor was given, accompanied by promotion, then the persecution and lies came with the casting down to a lower state. Have
I heard the Lord say, “Everyone is anxious to go
some of you, too, experienced a similar situation?
forward, but unless they allow Me, the Master Archer, to
Have you taken one step forward and then three steps
pull them back, they will fall to the ground like the first
backward? If that is you, you are in good company. God
arrow you saw. I have pulled back many of My arrows,
is pulling you back, allowing tension, because His plan is
but this is the hour that I will release them to shoot forth.
to catapult you into your destiny. Your purpose requires
Arrows cannot be launched without one key factor: tension. Furthermore, the distance that the arrow travels depends on the might of the Archer. I am the Strong
speed for the long haul. You have been sharpened and have become a dangerous weapon in the Lord’s arsenal. You must understand that you are not a victim of
One. I use the resistance to cause My arrows to soar to
your circumstances, but rather the Lord has used your
the place I have targeted for them, and they will not stall
circumstances, pulling you back to launch you forward.
launch forward and to soar.”
6 // May 2020
About The Author
out. You have been hidden in my quiver for this time to Andrew Towe and his wife, Brooke, together pastor Ramp Church Chattanooga. They have two beautiful children. Even as Ezekiel was carried out by the spirit to the valley of dry bones, Pastor Andrew has been called to speak the prophetic message of awakening to the Tennessee Valley, raising up an army of believers from the dry scattered bones and equipping them to advance the kingdom of God.
