Quiverfull – How full is your Quiver?

Quiverfull- How full is your Quiver?

How full is you quiver? Four, five,. ..nine, ten, …..more?

Quiverfull -Psalm 127:4-5 (KJV)
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
5 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.

The “Quiverfull life” is Expressed by showing faith in God and his Word by giving him freedom in the area of the womb. And us giving up our “control.” Being quiverful means that you are willing to allow God to plan your family size and accept the amount of children (arrows) that God has planned for you.

Malachi 2:15
Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

God is still seeking godly offspring. Notice it is worded as a plural in the statement.

There has been much debate on how many “arrows” a quiver was designed to hold. I would say it would depend on the individual quiver and the “designer”. Some are bigger, some are smaller. I have heard people say a quiver usually carried 5 or 6 arrows, then they found this man up in the Swiss Alps that was crossing the mountains, over approx. 2000 years ago, fell broke his leg, and died up there in the snow. He had 12 full arrows and he was working on 4 or 5 more!

So how full is your quiver? Are just the “numbers” the important part? What if your age is getting older & close to mennopause, or already gone through it? What if you have been barren? Or had a hysterectomy? Can you still be “quiverfull”? Or does God judge us solely on what physical fruit we have born? Is he not the one, who opens or closes the womb?

God says his ways are above our ways. And this applies to our way of thinking in reguards to child bearing and giving him control of our fertility. But so often we as people get a glimps of the vision God is trying to get across to us, then we run without our brains or hearts. Not caring who we hurt, and often we can be judgmental and harsh.

Yes we are to “be fruitful and multiply” this has never been repealed by God. And He does say that “Children are a heritage of the Lord”… Plus numerous other verses. So we are biblically justified in being “Quiverfull”. But where do we draw the line of mercy with others that God maybe working on (after all many of us were not always quiverfull minded). Still others maybe feeling guilty for the selfish lives they have lived, full of birthcontrol and maybe even elective sterilization. What ever the case we need to show the love of Jesus.

If we believe God opens, and closes the womb; then we must realize there may be many “quiverfull minded” families amongst us with fewer children than us. Many have had one, two or three and could have no more, or they may have never had any children! How many hearts have broke over this, as there seems to be a race to “fill the quiver”. Even those of us with five or six looking toward the ones with ten or more with envy. When will all of us learn to be “content in all things.” I will be so bold to say, there are families with ten or more kids, that are less-quiverfull than some of these “small-quiverfull” families. Because you are a large family you are not automatically quiverfull. Many large families have said… “TEN is enough… I am getting a vesectomy.” Where as the “smaller family” is still saying… “as many as YOU will Lord.”

Man looks on the outside, counting numbers (big or small) and makes judgements accordingly. But God looks on the heart. Quiverfull is a heart issue. You can’t hide your heart from God. You may even be past your child bearing years, and still need to repent from harboring the spirit of abortion in your heart. It is never too late to repent, and have a quiverfull heart and mindset even if it is too late to express with the womb.

So open your quiver, it is designed by God. Open it and your heart, fully to receive all that God has planned for you. Few or many arrows, keep an open heart toward God. Viewing children as God’s blessing, not a curse. Supporting each other in the love of Jesus.