Joash, the king of Israel was troubled with grief, knowing that the man of God, Elisha, was very sick. Elisha instructed Joash to take his bow and arrows and aim out his window pointing East toward the nations enemy Syria. I love how we can take an Old Testament historical account, and apply it spiritually, as the New Testament church today. Syria may not be our physical enemy, but Satan is. Syria had inflicted, harassed, oppressed, and depressed Gods people. Just like our spiritual enemy. Satan has two killer weapons; sin and selfishness. The man of God was offering God’s people deliverance from their enemy. 2Ki 13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them]. 2Ki 13:18 And he said, take the arrows. And he took [them]. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. These arrows, are a picture of the weapons that the Lord has given us to deliver us from our spiritual enemy. The problem though, with Joash, is the same one that can take me off course. 2Ki 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed [it]: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria [but] thrice. The man of God was angry with the king due to the fact that Joash took to the task halfheartedly. He tapped the arrows three times, but should have attempted the task with fervency and expectancy and struck them five or six times. I have fallen short of God’s full deliverance due to halfhearted attempts. The Lord has given us arrows of deliverance so that our spiritual enemy will no longer inflict, harass, oppress, and depress. Let’s discuss, my friends, what are our arrows?