Broken Arrows

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach goodtidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , to proclaim liberty to thecaptives , and the opening of the prison to them that are bound" - Isaiah 61:1

I admit...I enjoy some aspects of social media networking. There are lots of advantages, but I've found one disadvantage that is often quite disturbing to me. It's encountering all of the broken arrows hanging around the outer courts of cyberspace, laying around their targets, having missed the bulls eye. You know. The broken arrows who live and breath to record YouTube and Social Cam clips, sitting around all day trying to think of clever Facebook and Twitter statuses in hopes of obtaining a gazillion "likes" and "tweets". It's the broken arrows hosting conferences and revivals, giving themselves highfalutin titles without the anointing or appointing of the Lord.

Not only the internet, but our streets are filled with broken arrows. Broken arrows are people who have had their purpose poisoned. They are the bitter and the bruised. They are the unteachable, untrainable, and unmoldable. They live in their potential, but their present is a reminder of their painful past. The broken arrows.

A broken arrow in the hand of a professional archer is still a broken arrow. In order for the arrow to make it's mark, the arrow must be aerodynamically prepared to do so. A slight bend in the arrow's head, shaft or even the fletching, will cause the arrow to miss the target. As our brother's and sister's keeper, we must be reminded that when they are overtaken by a fall, it's our responsibility to restore them.

Those who are healed and whole, as Isaiah 61 so eloquently expresses, we need to arise as representatives of the Kingdom of God. Let's stop walking over the broken arrows. Let's pick them up and bind up their wounds. Let's replenish their spiritual health and restore their hope in the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. We not only need new soldiers in the army of the Lord, we need to heal and restore the ones we have.

God's blessings to you!

Tracy Gale