You ask me to prophesy
You
ask me to prophesy Lord, yet when I stand up, nothing is there. I walk slowly
forward and still there is nothing. I am handed the mike and I look at the
crowd of 200 or so expectant souls and still there is nothing. It is only when
I start to speak that you fill my mouth with your words Lord.
It
is only when I take that first step of faith that you fulfil your promise to
me. Yes of course it’s a promise when you ask me to prophesy. It’s a promise
that, because you have asked me Lord, I will not be left standing when I take
you at your word and step out in faith. As I start to speak, then, and only
then, you give me the words I am to say. I listen to myself speaking and I am
amazed. You fulfil your promise to me every time you ask me to speak Lord.
Why
do others find this so hard to grasp, Lord. Prophecy has to come from you Lord.
I cannot just invent something to say just because someone asks for a word from
you. Why do people look at me as though I have three eyes Lord. If they ask my
gifting from you, and I tell them, then they seem to shrink away Lord. Is it
fear? Is it the manifestation of the supernatural that causes them to shy away?
Maybe it’s refusal to acknowledge some of the ways you work Lord. I don’t know.
Actually
Lord, it doesn’t matter what others think Lord. What matters is that I am true
to you and to your calling to me; your gifting to me through your Holy Spirit.
All I want to do Lord, is to be and to stay in your will for me. Nothing else
matters to me Lord. Please don’t withdraw your gift from me Lord. Rather, make
me brave enough to fearlessly give your words whenever you prompt me to do so.
Use
me Lord. Here I am Lord – use me. I will speak your words Lord. You have done
so before – do so again. Let me encourage others too Lord. Cause those who you
want to use Lord to come across my path. Let me encourage them too that they
may be also use by you to spread
your
words to a hungry world and a hungry church.
Thank you !!
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