PROPHECY

By Rick Mathes

1 Corinthians 14:3 But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation.

The gift of fore-telling has yielded to forth-telling because the Canon is complete. There isn’t any “Thus saith the Lord” except what you can read in the finished Word of God. Forth-telling is when a minister selects a section of writing and verbally helps it blossom to your understanding. It always edifies the church to strengthen it, encourage it and to give it comfort.

We find our only satisfying comfort in Jesus. He is one that can still the storm and calm the waves. Hand-in-hand with comfort is contentment. You just cannot buy it and when you experience it you just can’t explain it. How personal can our Lord be to lay out the path of peace for us to walk as we prepare ourselves to meet Him as He is?

When we are weak is when we become strong. It’s easy when it’s easy but you will never know what you are made of until it gets tough. It’s when you say, “I can’t” Jesus says “I can!” When you reach beyond your grasp, His strength begins and your weakness increases.

One of the greatest gifs I awakened while listening to a minister was to have a clear conscience. Repentance is a wonderful exercise that is absolutely necessary in the pursuit of holiness. Having a clear conscience is a reinforcement of His righteousness being imputed to us.

I once searched the Scriptures for some material for a funeral service and came up empty handed. I was encouraged that every time Jesus showed up for a funeral the corpse sat up and came back to life. Now that’s what I call a healing, one I expect to experience in His time.

The main energy I receive from an anointed prophecy is the faith I need to empower me to love, serve and enjoy Jesus in the midst of this sick word of mad dogs. In the middle of this manure grows the Rose of Sharon. There are Christians who care and a remnant that will survive the holocaust of the end times.

All in all, I am sustained when God’s Word is opened and expanded to my understanding. It’s amazing how every time I study the same Word over and over again, He takes me deeper and deeper into the Water of Life.