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Live the Life
You Were Born
To Live.
When you come to the end of your days, you will not measure your life based on success and failures. All of those will eventually blur together into a single memory called “life.”
What will give you solace is a life with nothing left undone. One that’s been lived with relentless ambition, a heart on fire, and with no regrets.
On the other hand, what will haunt you until your final breath is who you could have been but never became and what you could have done but never did.
The Last Arrow is your roadmap to a life that defies odds and alters destinies. Discover the attributes of those who break the gravitational pull of mediocrity as cultural pioneer and thought leader Erwin McManus examines the characteristics of individuals who risked everything for a life they could only imagine. Imagine living the life you were convinced was only a dream.
We all begin this life with a quiver full of arrows.
Now the choice is yours. Will you cling to your arrows or risk them all, opting to live until you have nothing left to give?
Time is short. Pick up The Last Arrow and begin the greatest quest of your life.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWaterBrook
- Publication dateSeptember 5, 2017
- Dimensions5.4 x 0.78 x 8.26 inches
- ISBN-109781601429537
- ISBN-13978-1601429537
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“One of the best books I’ve ever read. The Last Arrow will inspire you to make the most of the life you’ve been given and create the life you’ve always wanted.”
—Jon Gordon, author of The Carpenter and Training Camp, JonGordon.com
“The Last Arrow throws wide the window to what God always intended for you…a life of nothing wasted and nothing held back. Each page reveals another mindset that undermines destiny. In Erwin’s words, ‘When you choose to live, you become a source of life.’ It is time to stop burying talents and hoarding arrows. It is not too late to dust off your bow, take aim and shoot with all that is within you.”
—Lisa Bevere, New York Times Bestselling Author, Cofounder Messenger International
“I have never interacted with Erwin where he did not move me and capture my heart. His call in this book is one more example. He wakes us up where we need it, and pushes us past lack of clarity and through the unavoidable fear of truly spending our lives well. Thanks once again, my friend!”
—Dr. Henry Cloud, Psychologist and Author
“Erwin McManus is a passionate, courageous, and genuine man, and I am thankful to have the rare privilege to encounter him. In his latest book he writes as he has lived. The Last Arrow is a peek into the very threads of Erwin’s journey; threads that has been woven into the fabric of his very life and story. For me. And for you. And for all of us who endeavor to leave more behind than we have taken from this life. The pages of this book will poke you. In fact, they will prod you to live with eternal intention and fight beyond the tyranny of the mundane that we can all become so captive to. Truth and vulnerability make this message catching, compelling, and encouragingly dangerous. You can’t read this book and stay the same.”
—Judah Smith, Lead Pastor of The City Church NY Times best-selling author of Jesus Is _____.
About the Author
Erwin is the acclaimed author of The Artisan Soul, Chasing Daylight, Soul Cravings, and The Barbarian Way. His books have sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Hollywood, California with his wife of 34 years Kim McManus.
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1
The Point of No Return
William Osborne McManus married my mom when I was around six years old. He wasn’t my birth father, and he never legally adopted me or my brother, but for all intents and purposes, he was the only father I ever knew. We became close, and I imagine that in my childhood, I loved him as much as any son could love a father. When I was young I called him dad. Later in life I simply called him Bill.
This man was a contradiction in every way. He was warm and engaging, charismatic and winsome. At the same time, he was a con man for whom truth was simply material woven into whatever lies he needed to tell. I remember when the movie Catch Me If You Can, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, came out. My brother, Alex, called me up and said, “Have you seen the movie? It’s Dad.” I had the exact same thought when I sat in the theater watching the movie. If you want to understand my childhood, it’s summarized for you in two hours.
Over the years, Bill caused my family deep pain, callously disregarding my mom and my two little sisters, the daughters he had fathered. By the time he left us, when I was seventeen years old, all the love I had felt for him had turned to disdain. That day, he must have seen what I was feeling and thinking when he looked into my eyes, because he moved toward me aggressively. And while my instincts made me want to step back in fear, my anger made me hold my ground. Standing face to face with me, he said, “Hit me. I know you want to. See if you are man enough.”
I looked at him and said, “You’re not worth the effort.”
He got in his car as my little sisters begged me to find a way to reconcile. I went outside to plead with him not to leave. My last memory of him from that day was seeing his face on the other side of the windshield when he clipped me with the front of the car as he drove away.
Even after that fateful day, we did find a way to reconcile and stay in touch by phone, although our contact was minimal. But there is truth to the adage that what has been torn cannot be mended. Eventually Bill remarried, and around that same time, I married as well. As if it were a script, his new wife and my wife, Kim, were pregnant at the same time. But for more reasons than I can explain, I made the hard decision of leaving my stepdad in the past and focusing on building a future for my family without Bill as part of our lives.
Before I knew it, fifteen years had passed—years in which Bill and my son, Aaron, never met. Aaron was the first true McManus in our family. I had taken the name McManus from Bill without his ever legally becoming my father. And ironically, McManus wasn’t even his name—it was an alias he assumed. He was the kind of person who was always running from his past, and his false identity was a part of that. Finally Aaron came by the name legitimately.
When Aaron was fifteen, he wanted to meet the man who gave me that name in the first place—the man I called my father. I felt I owed him that. So even though I hadn’t spoken to my dad in fifteen years, I tracked him down as if he were a stranger I was trying to meet for the first time. We found him in a small town outside Charlotte, North Carolina, called Matthews. He was more than happy to see me and more than happy to meet my son. I think I had caused him great sadness by extricating myself from his life for the past fifteen years.
I didn’t know what to expect, but the reunion went well enough—for a while. Then there were the last words I heard him say as we were leaving (not just the last words that day but forever, as he died not too long afterward). He said to my son in my presence, “I don’t know what your dad has told you, but he was average. He was just average. His brother was exceptional, but your dad, he was just average.”
Those words cut me like a knife. Please don’t misunderstand me. What hurt most was not that those were the last words my father chose to say about me. Nor was I most hurt because my son heard this judgment. What cut me deepest was a terrifying sense that Bill McManus was right, that I was just average.
Frankly, if you look back at my early life, those words would have to be categorized as an exaggeration toward the positive. I was, in fact, always below average. I wasn’t the C student; I was a D student. I wasn’t second string; I was, at best, third string. The painful truth is that “average” had always eluded me. I seemed to always be diving toward the bottom. I was never picked first, nor second, nor anywhere in the middle. I was always literally the last player picked.
And while I always hoped that one day there would be something special about me, the truth is, I made my home in the average, if not the below average. I found a strange solace and safety in my power of invisibility and made obscurity my residence.
I am in no small part indebted to that conversation with Bill for all the thoughts that follow in this book. I do not believe anyone is born average, but I do believe that many of us choose to live a life of mediocrity. I think there are more of us than not who are in danger of disappearing into the abyss of the ordinary. The great tragedy in this, of course, is that there is nothing really ordinary about us. We might not be convinced of this, but our souls already know it’s true, which is why we find ourselves tormented when we choose lives beneath our capacities and callings.
There are two ways of hearing the indictment “You are just average.” One way of hearing this is as a statement of essence, that you’re cut from an average cloth. The second is subtly, but significantly, different. The statement can be about character—that you have chosen a path of least resistance, that you have not aspired to the greatness that is within your grasp. Here is the painful reality: we will find ourselves defined by the average if we do not choose to defy the odds. Odds are that you and I will fall at the average. That’s why it’s called the average. It’s where most of us live. To be above average demands a choice. It requires that we defy the odds. You have no control of whether you have been endowed with above-average talent or intelligence or physical attributes. What you can control is whether you choose to live your life defined and determined by the status quo. Even when the law of averages works against you, you can still defy the odds.
Bill’s was a statement of outcome and actions. I walked away from his house that day with a clear resolve that although I have no control over whatever talent has been placed inside of me—no control over the level of my intelligence or whatever other advantages or disadvantages my genetic composition might have brought me—I will take absolute control over my personal responsibility to develop and maximize whatever potential God has given me for the good of others. The journey of The Last Arrow begins when you raise the bar. We need to raise the bar of our standards of our faith, of our sacrifice, of our expectations of ourselves, of our belief of the goodness and generosity of God.
We can refuse to be average. We must refuse to be average. We must war against the temptation to settle for less. Average is always a safe choice, and it is the most dangerous choice we can make. Average protects us from the risk of failure, and it also separates us from futures of greatness. The Last Arrow is for those who decide they will never settle.
I am not talking about an uncompromising rigidity to your own expectations and standards. In fact, a huge part of the process we are about to enter into is learning how to let go of those things that don’t really matter and even of those things that do not matter most. This book is not about holding others to the standards you have set. This book is about not underestimating how much God intends for your life.
I have never found a way around failure and so I cannot teach you how not to fail, but I can guide you to the place where you will never quit. Even here I feel a need to clarify. You may be doing things today that you needed to quit yesterday. There may not be anything worse than winning a battle you never should have fought. I am convinced, though, that every human being has a unique calling on his or her life—that each of us was created with intention and purpose. And I am equally certain that most of us underestimate how much God actually wants to do in our lives and through our lives. The Last Arrow is about leaving nothing undone that was ours to do. It is squeezing the marrow out of life. This journey is about ensuring that when we come to the end of our lives, we will arrive at our final moments with no regret.
Don’t Stop Until You Are Finished
The concept of The Last Arrow came to me when I was reflecting on a story from the life of the prophet Elisha in the Hebrew Scriptures. It’s an obscure moment and could easily be missed, yet it is both poetic and profound. It is also, I am convinced, a window into how God works in the world and how we either open ourselves to his bigger future or ensure that we make the future smaller than he intends for us.
In this story, Jehoash is the king of Israel when the kingdoms of Israel and Judah are divided and at war against one another. His kingdom is being threatened by the armies of Amaziah, king of Judah. The one great advantage Jehoash has is that the prophet Elisha is with them, but now Elisha is suffering from an illness that will lead to his death. Jehoash goes and weeps over him, less because of his sorrow for the loss of the prophet and more because of his fear of the loss of Elisha’s protection.
Jehoash calls out to Elisha, who has been a symbol and source of God’s strength and power, but now is clearly at the end of his life.
Elisha then gives him a somewhat unusual series of instructions. Elisha says, “Get a bow and some arrows,” and he does so. Then he tells him, “Take the bow in your hands.” When Elisha commands Jehoash to do this, the king immediately complies. When the king raises the bow and arrow, Elisha puts his hands on the king’s hands.
“Open the east window,” he says, and the king opens it. “Shoot!” Elisha says, and Jehoash shoots. “The Lord’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!” Elisha declares. “You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek.”
Then he says, “Take the arrows,” and the king takes them. Elisha tells him, “Strike the ground.” He strikes it three times and stops. Then the Scriptures tell us something that is quite unexpected: “The man of God was angry with him and said, ‘You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times.’” Right after he says this, the story tells us, “Elisha died and was buried.”1
Much of what happens here doesn’t make any sense to our modern minds. How could the king’s future be so affected by whether he struck an arrow three times or five or six times? Why didn’t Elisha explain to him what was required before holding him to its consequences? How could the king have known that six is the magic number and that three would leave him wanting? Up to that moment, he had done everything Elisha instructed him. But when Elisha told him to strike the ground with the arrows, the prophet left the instruction open ended.
It is not insignificant that the text says, “The man of God was angry with him.” Clearly much more was happening here than meets the eye. This was no small mistake. The king began with the promise of a complete victory and afterward was the recipient of much less. And it all centers around one decision: he struck the ground three times and then stopped. Putting it another way: he quit. The Bible doesn’t tell us why he quit. Maybe he was tired, maybe he felt ridiculous, maybe he thought it was beneath him, or perhaps he sensed it was an act of futility. But it is clear that, for Elisha, the fact that the king stopped striking the arrow was connected to his determination to receive the full measure of God’s intention for him. He quit and the victory was lost. He just didn’t want it badly enough.
I wonder how many victories are lost before the battle has even begun. I wonder how much more good God desires to usher into the world that has been thwarted by our own lack of ambition. I wonder how many times in my own life I thought I failed but actually the only thing that happened was that I quit.
What is it about us that stops before we’re finished, that mistakes quitting for failure, that settles for less? I see too much of myself in this—can identify too many times when I have prayed too little, expected too little, and done too little. Have you become the kind of person who is always looking for the least you can do, trying to do only what is required? Or are you the kind of person who has given up not only on life but also on yourself? When you come to the end of your life, will you be able to say, “I gave everything I had,” or will you have a hollow feeling inside of your soul that you quit too soon, that you expected too little, that you did not strike the last arrow?
I think many of us hear God say, “Take your arrows and shoot,” but, much like the king, we never hear the command, “Stop striking the ground.” We simply stop before we’re finished. We stop before God is finished.
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- ASIN : 1601429533
- Publisher : WaterBrook (September 5, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781601429537
- ISBN-13 : 978-1601429537
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.4 x 0.78 x 8.26 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #210,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,478 in Inspirational Spirituality (Books)
- #2,912 in Christian Personal Growth
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About the author
Erwin Raphael McManus is a mind, life, and cultural architect and an award-winning author and artist. His books have sold over one million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. As a world-renowned communicator, McManus has spoken to millions of people in seventy countries on five continents in stadiums of up to one-hundred thousand people. His creative genius has resulted in consulting work with organizations spanning from the NFL to the Pentagon.
McManus has spent the last thirty years advising and coaching CEOs, professional athletes, celebrities, billion-dollar companies, universities, and world-leaders, and is passionate about helping people destroy their internal limitations and unlock their personal genius.
A native of El Salvador, McManus is also recognized internationally for being the founder and lead pastor of Mosaic, a spiritual movement that has inspired millions worldwide. He and his wife, Kim, also lead humanitarian work across the globe. McManus coaches leaders, entrepreneurs, and communicators worldwide through McManus Mastermind as well as his groundbreaking work on The Seven Frequencies of Communication.
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"...is beautiful, it invites you to look at yourself without filters and live fully. I love how raw and loving he can be at the same time...." Read more
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"...message of this book resonated with me and like so often happens, it was timely! I loved the encouragement of Faith - Don’t Give Up!..." Read more
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Customers find the author's character development personable and down-to-earth. They appreciate his humility, honesty, courage, and way of pushing them forward. The book reveals human nature with all its fears and challenges. Readers describe the author as an inspiration and a brilliant voice that speaks to the areas and talents God has uniquely gifted each person.
"...or preachy", and that's why I think he's deeply spiritual and human...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023The book is beautiful, it invites you to look at yourself without filters and live fully.
I love how raw and loving he can be at the same time. I love how he uses biblical passages without being "too religious or preachy", and that's why I think he's deeply spiritual and human. I love his way of being a rebel and his look outside the box at existential human issues throughout millennia and so current at the same time.
The fresh look at Christian teachings is something that I greatly appreciate and view with great admiration and devotion. I think that and his honesty are what makes this book of power. I just finished reading a great book by a Buddhist teacher and continuing with this book by Erwin McManus has been a divine gift. Thanks for this book Erwin McManus🙏.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017I LOVED this book! It calls deep to your soul and calls you to more. The Last Arrow is not a hard read, I would say that most people can make it through the book, that everyone will find truth that speaks to their heart, their soul and calls them to strive for more, to not give up while they still have arrows to use. One of the stories that is used from the Bible is the story of Elisha and his decision to follow Elijah. He set his past on fire and followed Elijah, not giving himself and out of going back to what he knew. How often do we give ourselves an out when God calls us to something big and possibly scary? Yeah, reading that chapter had me thinking a lot, and then this quote just spoke so clearly.
I know, this is just a taste of the nuggets that you can grab from this book. The book is filled with nuggets and now that I have finished reading it, I am planning to read it again, because I know each time I read it I am going to learn more, new things will stand out and at some point my book will be filled with multiple color highlights, each from a different time I read the book. If you ask me, this book is AMAZING and I think that everyone should read it.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017This book is a game changer.
Let's face it, we have all fallen short, and, at some point, we've all settled for average. But what if -- despite all our failures and regrets -- we could find a way to push through the challenges and mediocrity? What if we kept striking the ground with the arrows that we have left -- holding nothing back? What if we learned to simply press on?
McManus reveals to us that the impact would be nothing short of astounding. Our lives -- and the lives of others -- can flourish if we choose to persevere. Personally, I am passionate about the power of perseverance -- even wrote a book on it (Leaders Press On: Discovering the Power of Perseverance. But I would say this book is "THE BOOK" on perseverance, yet, oddly enough, McManus doesn't ever use the word once. Make no mistake though, that's what it's about -- Perseverance. Perseverance is the one characteristic every leader needs to possess, and every life needs to grab a hold. When perseverance is combined with faith, it's a game changer.
In summary, McManus beautifully illustrates stories of perseverance with biblical truths and takes you to the doorstep of your potential. He leads you right up to the entrance way to the life that you were meant to live, equipping you with the mindset you need for the journey. He reminds each of us that, "There is more courage in us than danger ahead of us." And then he encourages us by reminding us that we are "strong enough for the battles ahead."
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2022The author’s compelling call to finish strong in every area of your life. Don’t leave things undone wishing you had lived your life to the fullest, but not in a selfish way. How can you go all out for God , giving your life completely to the one who created you? Challenging you to look and see what is holding you back. This is not a one read and done. I have to read it again there was so much truth to grab hold of, I need to sit with God on. Definitely provoked to love and good works! Thank you.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018My wife suggested this book for me so I gave it a try. I mostly listened to the audiobook version, but also read some of the Kindle version as well. The author narrated the book which made the content more authentic and relatable. I'm a big fan of the interactive narration on the Kindle; I have ADHD and it helps me read at a consistent pace. I'd give the audiobook 4 stars and the print version 3 stars; but the inclusion of the interactive reading makes it 4 stars for me.
Many of the stories are about powering thru diversity and trusting God to give you the reward He chooses for you. There were also stories about letting go of known safe paths for the ones put in front of you for greater outcomes. There was a section about 'nothing new under the sun' that I could have done without, but it was part of his personal story so I'll give him latitude there. The African tribe saying was by far my favorite part & take-away, but you'll have to read the book yourself (or listen) to find out about that. No spoilers here!
So, all-in-all, pretty good.. but I will probably move on to another author for my next devotional-type reading, just to broaden my perspective. Kudos to the author for living by example and sharing his faith.
PS - if my review sounds a little flat, it is probably because I'm an engineer. I trust God, but not enough to skip double checking my own work (and everyone else's).
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- Dr. AndreasReviewed in Spain on December 11, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Ed McManus has done it again! A wonderful book
Ed”s writing is so raw, so transparent, so brutally honest, so lofe transforming. And he writes well. You want to read more, you are never tired, he always leaves you thirsty.
As he faces cancer he exhorts us to us well our fragile lives.
- SethuReviewed in India on December 17, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended
Wonderfully written, I have read a lot of books but this one is truly amazing, life changing, inspiring.
Highly recommend to all, one of the must read books.
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Diogo MokarzelReviewed in Brazil on June 13, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Muito top o livro! Estou curtindo!!
Chegou no tempo certo! Mesmo com a greve dos caminhoneiros! Estou curtindo o livro, capa dura! Muito bom! Vale a pena comprar
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Aarón Manjarrez MartínezReviewed in Mexico on October 24, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Must-read
The Last Arrow no muestra el contexto en el cual podemos estar viviendo nuestra vida sin convicción o con una pasividad que nos lleva sacrificar nuestro futuro por causas del pasado. Lo compre en físico y en Kindle ademas de que la serie de conferencias de Erwin en Mosaic ayuda a tener aun mas contexto del porque del libro y como ese contexto puede inspirar nuestras vidas por medio de nuestras acciones.
- Claudia K.Reviewed in Germany on June 22, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome and absolutely inspiring
Easy to read, but deep and profound, Pastor Erwin reminds us that the life God entrusted us with was meant to be lived to our full potential, wholeheartedly and with purpose and lasting impact. One of the best books I have read! Thank you Erwin McManus!