Prophecy

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The Spirit of Prophecy
Proverbs 14:4; I Thessalonians 5:19-21; Revelation 19:10b

The testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. I long to impart a fresh Word to encourage My embattled people, but all too often My voice is silenced by church leaders who fear the misuse of the spiritual gifts. Several of my anointed saints out in the congregation might feel My message of love burning in their hearts and long to share it with people who need to hear it. But they are implicitly or expressly forbidden to do so by their leaders. My people long for refreshing from heaven, but the avenue of prophecy has been sealed off by pastors over-zealous to keep their sheep fenced in.

In a desperate bid to prevent the barn from getting dirty, the ox is sold down the river. The pastor then wonders where the power has gone and why the harvest fields are left unplowed. Such leaders fail to realize that I am able to forgive even slips of the tongue and errors made by devout Christians in their first efforts to move in the gifts. When you first began to walk, weren’t there occasions when you stumbled and fell? But you got right back up and tried again until you acquired correct balance. So long as prophecy is open to judgment and correction, no one will be any the worse because some saint obeyed Me and began to venture out in faith to speak in My Name.

My Spirit of Prophecy will not be extinguished from the earth just because men try to quench it. A fresh word is always needed to impart strength to the weary, and hope to the failing soul. I will not be stopped by the repression of lukewarm church leaders. If I cannot operate within the context of a formal church setting, I must speak to My children outside the church building. But I will not be muzzled.

Remember how David was driven from the congregation of Israel by a jealous Saul? He had temporarily lost access to the rituals of the Tabernacle of Meeting. But he was in danger and needed to know that I was still with him and willing to guide him and protect him. Out there in the wilderness, Abiathar the priest used the sacred ephod to obtain help for David, for that was an important way of obtaining My guidance during that Old Testament dispensation. I did not refuse David My succor just because he had been cut off from formal church services and was standing out in the open air. Nor will I withhold divine help from My children, just because their pastors do not really believe that My supernatural power is relevant in modern times.

Indeed, there is coming such a mighty outpouring of My waters of blessing that it would be just as futile to try to dam up the waters of the sea as to try to keep it under wraps.

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