Weapons are often used symbolically in scripture. They can mean violence, leadership, breakthrough, judgement, protection and spiritual initiative.
The symbolic meaning of spearhead is; one who goes first – or leadership and initiative. The spear is the front-line warrior. The spearhead is the first part to breakthrough into new ground or regions. The spearhead is the person who goes first, the one who initiates what others will later follow. It’s often costly and can leave one feeling exposed.
In piercing what resists, breakthrough opens the way. The word of God is an instrument that punctures into breakthrough. It’s the spiritual warfare which challenges God’s people.
A spearhead confronts, penetrates and disrupts darkness or stagnation. It’s a tool used in God’s judgement against oppression and wickedness. It exposes the hidden and ends the unjust. It’s divine intervention through daring, clarity and truth.
The spearhead is a representation of protection, through those who stand between danger and the vulnerable. The spear feels like something you must accost head on; a truth, a responsibility, a moment of bravery.
I feel that’s me this week, as I stand in the gap for a woman having trouble conceiving and bringing a baby to full-term, after a number of miscarriages and failed IVF attempts.
Once I heard of her plight, I have been and still am, standing in the gap, interceding between the danger of the loss of the vulnerable new life that is within her at this moment and the victory of the promises of God; that whatsoever we ask in His name, we shall have.
I am the spearhead, meeting eye-ball to eye-ball with fortitude, the truth of God’s word for this woman. I’m holding God to His promise, as I decree and declare this baby go to full term and live.
While a spearhead represents confrontation, an arrow represents precision. One used to battle at close range the other used for distance.
An arrow is released from afar and is often unseen until it hits its target; swift and sure. God’s judgement is described as an arrow, one that strikes suddenly and accurately, such as the fiery darts quenched by God’s arrow of truth.
Fiery darts; another sharp pointed instrument, generally used to denote satan’s method of attack as they try to penetrate God’s shield of faith. With shields up we can deflect these fiery darts. This is why we put on the armour of God, so we can do battle fully covered.
In biblical days, warriors would link their shields. Those shields would be used in the front and the sides of the army for protection. The middle ranks linked the shields overhead, so there was cover on all sides, including from above.
There is no armour to cover the rear of the formation because God’s protection was in the rear. The fighting was done from the front and sides, never the rear. It also shows; God’s armies never ran in retreat, for if they did, they’d be exposed and without cover, where the darts and arrows could easily hit their mark. Forward and onward is the only way.
Arrows are crafted quietly and hidden in a quiver. They are aimed and sent forth at precisely the right moment. Deliberate, targeted, invisible until impact. Akin to a laser focus when aimed through you; a message, calling, conviction or spiritual attack, the arrow will get your attention.
The axe head is for breaking, dividing, revealing. It’s a tool to cut through what is resistant. It takes discernment and gallantry to sever and split truth from lies. Cutting the outer layers to reveal the inner. It’s raw action.
The axe has the ability to split truth from illusion; Spiritually; it’s discernment. It’s a tool of courage with the ability to sever that which no longer serves. It cuts away the outer to expose the inner. What is it the axe comes against? It’s the thing which must yield to the pressure. It’s the; “It stops here” energy.
Where the axe divides, the spear pierces. The axe clears - the spear targets - while the arrow has purpose and trajectory; its job is to aim (the goal) tension (the drawing of the bow) the release (trusting the path) and distance (looking at what’s ahead).
The axe is to clear what’s blocking. The arrow; the prayer of intention. The spearhead is the true target. Remove. Discern. Send. Act. Cut away. Pierce through. Move forward.
These four instruments are instruments of intention. They’re wielded by God, by the people, by satan himself. They’re for clearing, piercing or releasing. You decide which instrument is needed for each battle you face.
At the end of the day, you get to choose. John 10:10 states; The thief comes to kill, steal and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
Notice the word ‘may.’ It’s not you ‘will’ have life but that you ‘may’ have life. God gives you free will to choose. You may choose not to stand on His word and with that is a different outcome. When you choose to stand on God’s word, you will have life.
Armour on. Shields up. Stand ready. Choose life and life abundantly.
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