The prophet's handbook

See Isaiah 55:8–11; Hebrews 4:12, 5:12–14; and Jeremiah 10:23 as a study session to see the difference between the two modes of thought—God’s and ours. Prophets are trained to help people grasp what God is thinking, saying, and willing for their lives from His perspective. Even with the Holy Spirit within us, our busy lives, difficulties, and crises can all cause us to misunderstand God at different times. It is then that we need God’s prophets to inject His objectivity into our dilemmas. Prophets compel us to face the truth about ourselves, our motives, and our personal agendas. They make us, whether we admit it publicly or not, recognize when we are imposing our will on God to have our way. Prophecy makes it hard for us to explain away our manipulations under a religious veneer. The Lord is pursuing a predefined outcome and a particular end product from His creation, and with His subsequent dealings with the human race. That is why He has offices and ministries. It is also why He has subdivided ministries. (See Psalm 103:19–21; Romans 8:38; Ephesians 3:10; Colossians 1:16; 2:15.) A final thought on this subject is the two spheres of hearing God that set the prophet apart from the devotee. The prophet is trained by God to be His communication agent—a liaison. Being members of His high governmental staff, prophets speak as divine officials and not merely as transmitters or communication terminals. Prophets speak as public officials charged with upholding the Lord’s statutes and legislations, assuring that His righteousness and truth are preserved and perpetuated, and that His encrypted word throughout creation is fulfilled. Prophesiers and Holy Spirit manifestation vessels are not privy to such high information. They are also not authorized to process it sufficiently enough to yield or enforce their words’ activation or incarnation in the flesh. Moreover, the prophesier is not trained to overrun demonic occupation nor collaborate with angelic hosts. Lastly, for prophesiers to invoke the Lord’s (actually angels’) powers that are essential to prophetic success is difficult. Their license from God usually does not involve mobilizing the spiritual powers needed to perform God’s will. They are usually not released to obey the prophet’s voice. When it comes down to it, prophesiers have neither spent time nor been granted the privilege of acquiring and perfecting such skills, so they lack the capacity to do more than voice what they see and hear form the Spirit. Expertise is what true prophets brings to their official occupation—expertise gained from