A basic principle of prophecy is a message from God seldom informs; it always seeks to change human behavior. As such, taking it literally will result in mistakes. Prophetic messages are typically parabolic, often larded with hyperbole and drama.
The message I had from God the other day was in essence: Today is a good day to complete unfinished business. Everything else in that post was simply my own extensions, and I wasn’t really giving it proper consideration. So while I stand by the original message — change your behavior and get used to living in constant readiness for difficulty — I find I must eat those words I added to it.
To my knowledge, nothing happened which matches my explanation, not in the time frame I deduced. I was wrong.
I’m not sure I can convey the sort of internal struggle I’ve been having since the day the message impressed itself upon me. The thing itself was quite agitating, and I wasn’t sure what was going on, why this sense of disturbance and impatience was burning just outside my conscious mind. After some fervent prayer, I simply started doing stuff to keep my ego busy while the other parts of me struggled in the depths of my soul. At some point it surfaced in my intellect I was doing what the urging said. With that recognition came a shape for the message in words.
I’m still learning this calling. I want others who may sense the calling to have at least my current experience so they can compare notes. There is no pretense of setting a pattern, as if things will for others always echo my own experience. Without a college of prophets working together, I’m not sure it’s possible to hash out a discipline which is of necessity experiential in nature. My prophet’s manual (document no longer available) is simply a primer, not a graduate guide. The reason I confer with so few who claim to be established can be deduced by the many postings here by which I distance myself from much of mainstream Christianity, not to mention a large number of folks who walk about building little kingdoms with self-aggrandizing claims to the title of prophet.
I never asked for this; never saw it as something to which I should strive. I’m absolutely certain it was dropped on me against my wishes at the time. I’ve reconciled myself to some of the discomfort which comes with the mission, but I will never pretend to have this all worked out. By no means could I walk away from it. Keeping these messages to myself is simply unimaginable. But getting the message right, and remembering to remove my own personal clutter in the delivery, is something I simply must learn to do. And at this, I feel compelled to remain open and responsible to the One who called me, and to those He sent me.
Thank you for sharing this article. I found it very insightful.