Making it to the Party on Time

Prophetic Coursing

We prophetic folks, maybe more than all others, really need to pray for both humility and wisdom. We also need to seek out those who are truly pastoral.

This week, God reminded me, in a funny way-which is usually the way He works with me, that I simply could not make it without the rest of The Body. I had been prophesying my butt off for a few days (which is good because I needed to lose some weight), when I realized, right in the middle of giving a word to someone, that I did not really love them. At first, it made me sick. I mean here I was at this coffee house in America, sharing God's heart with someone and what was my motivation? I mean who cares if your anointed if you're not moving from His love. I realized in that instant that I was being just a minister-and that that is just not enough. Prophetic folks more than anyone need to love. I think in Heaven we will be most rewarded or Judged by how much love we moved in as we used His Gifts.

I realized I needed to do something-and it wasn't what you would think. I needed to go get with a pastoral type and let them love on me. We need each other! And especially now. If you are prophetic, God wants to link you with people who have the other areas of gifting or base anointings. I tell you, we get even weirder if we let ourselves get off balanced by not becoming interdependent on the rest of The Body. You think we were weird yesterday-wait til we've roamed around prophesying for two weeks without sitting still to be loved on and counseled by some lovely pastoral type.

The unity that God wants to bring us to in this season means that not only do you need to know your calling, but you need to know other people's as well-and get with ones you know you lack. Sit with a great teacher and get yourself good and anchored in the Word before you go out telling the Mcdonald's girl that she will experience new levels of glory as she serves Big Macs. Let us prophetic folks be the first to humble ourselves and gather for true fellowship. Firstly so that our gifts will go directly to equip those we are called to equip, and secondly because we just plain old need each other.

Humility is the obvious need of all those who God touches with His words for others. It's really easy for prophets to stay humble because we make so many mistakes. But you would be surprised! Humility basically comes from realizing that whatever God touches in your life-whether it be your words or your general prophetic orientation towards a person (ie revealing God's stance to them by taking it towards them)-is from Him and for Him. The more you realize that it is completely for Him and so that His purposes get done, the more of His Power He can trust you with.

Look at Peter and John when God used them to heal that lame man at the temple. They did not start talking about how cool they were after it occurred. They started talking about Jesus. That is how it should always be-the Power is His and should draw people to Him. That's just basic 101 wisdom. It ain't me, it's Him.

Now I believe that learning to listen to Him for other people is fun. And I think Paul was right that we should zealously seek after His Gifts. For me, prophesying is still about getting to know God-which is our mandate-to love and get to know The Man. I don't think this has to be an overly serious activity, but you do have to give them what you think He is actually revealing to you, and you do have to take care that you do it in love-as Paul makes clear in Corinthians. So let's have fun prophesying with each other, but let's have a little wisdom with it and do it in love to build up the Body-to equip one another for acts of service. And let's be humble throughout the whole process so He can get His work done through us, and we can make it to the party on time!

Derek