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# The Minister May Draw the Bow, but God Will Direct the Arrow
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2012219the-minister-may-draw-the-bow-but-god-will-direct-the-arrow-html/
- Published: 2012-02-19T13:17:47.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:29:37.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, preaching, #DashHouseCom, #wp

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Charles Simeon comments on Isaiah 55:11:

> It is not in the power of man to command a blessing on the word. “Paul may preach in vain, and Apollos water in vain, unless God give the increase.”

> But if we pray to God, he will send us such a word as shall be suited to us; such a word as shall make us ready to think that the minister has received private information respecting us; such a word as shall discover to us our whole hearts, and constrain us to fall down on our faces, and confess that God is indeed present in his ordinances.

> The minister may draw the bow at a ventures but God will direct the arrow between the joints of the harness, and cause it to pierce our inmost souls.

> Let us then pray that God would direct and assist the minister, and render his word effectual to our good. Thus shall we secure to ourselves a blessing, and, like the refreshed earth, bring forth fruit suited to the culture bestowed upon us. (*Horae Homileticae*)

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