Reasons Why Some People Leave the Prophetic Movement
King David, Joseph and the Mountain Tops
The Lord told me once Valleys are just inverted Mountains; if you can receive it.
The prophetic often speaks from mountain top to mountain top. The struggle is the distance between – namely the valleys or as the Lord sees it, the inverted mountain top. The view of the next mountain top gets us through the inversion which lies between the revelation and the realization.
King David was anointed king by Samuel years before he received the throne. The Word of the Lord placed David on a mountain top in 1 Samuel 16 and pointed to the next (2 Samuel 2) saying (paraphrased), “I anoint you king today but in time you will become king. Can you see it over there David? It’s on the next mountain top. Descend so you may ascend, David.” God used the first king – Saul in David’s “valley-top” to prepare David to be King of Judah and then as King over all Israel. It was an awful time for David; Saul hunted him like an animal but God was with him watching and protecting, chiseling and forging in the fires of preparation; the route to the throne.
Joseph had a mountain top experience in Genesis 37 which spanned years of time to its fulfillment in Genesis 41. Joseph’s “valley -top” was also horrific. Who could have foreseen the smoldering pot which lay between the revelation and the realization? Necessary for preparation, the death of the dream seemed complete. BUT GOD Who loves to raise the dead at just the right time upturned Joseph’s valley to a mountain fulfilling His Word; Joseph’s brothers bowed down and he reigned 2nd in Egypt.
And Abraham; Heb 6:15 And so, after he (Abraham) had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
The Promise => Endurance =>The Fulfillment
The Promise => Endurance =>The Fulfillment
And the Hebrews; Heb 10 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise…
The Promise => Endurance in His Will =>The Fulfillment
The Promise => Endurance in His Will =>The Fulfillment
So, why marry this to “Reasons Why Some People Leave the Prophetic Movement”?
God usually speaks then tests then fulfills. Many if not most people do not endure the testing between the revelation and the realization; sometimes because of unbelief in the word spoken other times they just grow weary (Gal 6:9) but for whatever reason, they quit and don’t receive the promise. The people who inherit what is promised all have this in common; They believe, they endure, they receive.
Ah...wonderful encouragement, Berta. I needed to hear that again. I don't even clearly know what the promise means (though I have words that give hint).
ReplyDeleteI'm just doing the work God has given me...to believe in the One He sent.
Thanks for the blog!
Jon Driscoll
When we think of testing I would not be surprised if people seen it as if the teacher was trying to make it difficult. I always hated those trick questions on tests and I wondered what they were really accomplishing in the whole scheme of things. Some teachers do make it difficult to get good grades. But we can be rest assured that God is for us and not against us. When it comes to testing, it usually has more to do with us, Satan is the tempter as he tempted Peter and sifted him. In such times we feel like something horrible is happening to us. But a prophetic encouraging word builds us up and prepares us to look to those promises and keep on. We do know that God allowed challenging things for the benefit of Israel so that they could be strong in the midst of opposition. We have an accuser who is set against us, and perhaps those that left the prophetic movement would be reminded that much of the prophetic word is, " ... he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to EDIFICATION, and EXHORTATION, and COMFORT" (1 Cor. 14:3)
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