So…. You Want To Be A Prophet?
God looks down on those called to be His Prophets with such great joy. How He loves us.
When one knows that they are called to be a prophet of The LORD such joy fills their heart.
Then all too quickly for the prophet the crushing begins.
Little by little The LORD continues to press in to remove all that is not of Him. Many times, the prophet will say ouch and often moan and complain until they realize that it really does no good but just takes more energy than it is worth.
We are told to be good soldiers and endure hardness. The prophet needs to be softened to have the heart of The Father and yet toughened so they will not give in to pressure.
At the same time he or she needs to come to death in their need of approval and have it stripped from their lives. This needs to be to be removed from the prophet’s life. Dying daily is the way of the prophet.
Paul said, “I die daily.” If you want to be a prophet, get ready to die! Get ready to lay all on the altar before Him and move when He says move. You will learn to die — quickly!
There will be times that you will move to an unknown place. Little by little one realizes that their life is not their own and Father is looking for a heart that obeys out of love.
Some of us are more obedient than others. Then there are those that are full of rebellion that He has called, and it all has to be dealt with. The process is not easy.
You will go through a lot of rejection at the hands of others especially in The Church. Some will not understand your calling. Even those of your own household will not always understand the high standard God has called you to!
You will be mocked and ridiculed because you will not enter into the things that they do . It is a lonely walk and often you will want to hide you head in the sand.
Alas, that does not work either. Sometimes going to bed and pulling the covers up over your head seems like the answer — but that too is short lived.
Plainly one comes to see that the life of the prophet is a hard, disciplined life. Yet one would not change it for the world.
The true prophet loves The LORD with all their heart and has a heart for His people. It is out of this that the prophet is born.
The Heart of the Father must be your heartbeat. You must love His Church and not be critical of her, but see her has the Father sees her.
You will be that Intercessor with His heart, and you will also love His Chosen People. You will hate sin — but learn to love the sinner.
You will be become one with whom He shares His secrets and learn that you must keep confidences. You will learn to intercede and pray the Word of God and declare it into the earth.
You will be His watchman. You will learn to die to your flesh and get up at night when He calls you.
There will be little approval in this life for you. You will go through life in the cave, live in a cocoon, in the wilderness for a time and then one day you will be that beautiful butterfly that God wants you to be!
So… you want to be a prophet?
Be prepared to live in the fiery furnace. Just when you think you got out of it, in you go again for more refining. The LORD will lovingly refine you till you are pure gold.
Do you feel that The LORD is calling you?
Decide if you are willing to pay the price! Spend time with Him and you will know in your heart your calling as you wait on Him and hear His voice.
He will over time confirm it to you. This will be done through others also who will recognize the gift that is in you. A man’s gift makes room for him.
Sometimes it takes years and yet others are told very young that they are called the be a prophet.
Jeremiah heard early that he was called to be a prophet. There are others who did not have it all revealed to them till midlife. They look back and understand all the rejection and hardship they have gone through and see that The LORD was preparing them.
God has a perfect plan!
There is the prophetic gift, the prophetic ministry and the prophetic office.
Find out where you are called. Take time Beloved, to seek Him and know for sure that He is calling you to be one of His prophets.
When you know this press in with all His might and be all He has called you to be. Realize that you will be in His school of learning for a long time and that it can take even fifteen, twenty or thirty years to form one who will one day walk in the office of the prophet and be that gift to the body of Christ.
So… you want to be a prophet…
Be read to die to all that you are so that you can be all for Him.
You will become His mouthpiece, speak when He says speak and will learn through the things you suffer.
You will put your foot in your mouth along the way, but He will put the horses’ bit in your mouth, and you will learn to bridle your tongue.
Speaking in tongues is a good solution to this and being filled with The Holy Ghost daily is a must for God’s Prophet.
Be prepared to be groomed by The LORD Himself and He will work in your heart and life and one day you will be separated by The LORD for this office. Then in His timing He will ordain you usually through an apostle into the office of the prophet.
You will do what you have done all along and serve His body and you will now be that gift to The Body of Christ, which will require a much greater dying to all that you are so that His Church can be all that they will be.
Originally Posted in 2008
~ Patricia Hamel
Patricia Hamel is a Canadian prophetic voice raised up for today as a gift to The Body of Christ and with a deep hunger for The Body of Christ to become mature sons and daughters. A servant of The LORD, she stands in the gap for her Nation of Canada, for the United States of America and all Nations. Israel is always on her heart, and it is with this heart that she ministers. Out of her relationship with The LORD Jesus Christ, she speaks the Words of The LORD through her own Ministry, Scribal Prophet.
Wow, Patricia, this is a KEEPER!! So many parts brought back memories of where I have been..laughter and tears flowing with gratitude for where I have been and what He has required and it is never ending.The Heart of the Father must be your heartbeat says it so well..and this pretty much said it all or summed it up “Be ready to die to all that you are so that you can be all for Him.” The price we pay is nothing compared to the price HE paid. Love ❤️ and gratitude, dear one. Sandi
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Hi Sandi,
It touches my heart also. I remember when the Lord gave it to me I had the same response. Smile/cry. I so appreciate your taking time to share your wise heart with me. Much love, Patricia ❤️
DRÁGA PRÓFÉTA ASSZONY NAGYON KÖSZÖNJÜK HOGY ELŐ KÉSZÍT BENNÜNKET HOGY MILYEN SORS, ÉLET VÁRHATÓ LEHET A PRÓFÉTAI AJÁNDÉK SZOLGÁLATÁBAN. KEDVES PATRICIA KÉREM HOGY MÁSKOR IS TANÍTSON BENNÜNKET, HOGY LEGYÜNK FEL ÉPÜLT PRÓFÉTÁK AZ ISTENNEK.
AZ ÉN ESETEMBEN MONDOM, HOGY AZ ISTEN ELHÍVÁSÁBÓL VAGYOK KIVÁLSZTVA, ÚJJÁ SZÜLETVE, ISTENTŐL ÉS FELKENVE. ÉS ISTEN ÁLTAL, AZ EGYHÁZ ÉPÍTÉSÉRE, A SZOGÁLAT MUNKÁJÁRA, HÍOTT EL AZ ATYA JEHOVA ISTEN. NAGYON HÁLÁS VAGYOK ISTENNEK HOGY PRÓFÉTÁNAK HIVOTT EL ENGEMET. ÉS MÁR 5-ÉVE VOLT EZ ÉS MÉG MINDIG VÁROM AZ ISTENNEL A SZOLGÁLATOMAT. MOST 74-ÉVES VAGYOK. ÚR JÉZUS KRISZTUS ÁLDJON KEDVES PARICIA PRÓFÉTA ASSZONY,ISTEN MINDEN JÓ ÁLÁSAIVAL ÁLDJON MEG. ÁMEN.
[ HKP : “DEAR PROPHETESS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PREPARING US FOR WHAT FATE AND LIFE CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SERVICE OF THE PROPHETIC GIFT. DEAR PATRICIA, PLEASE TEACH US ANOTHER TIME TO BE BUILT UP PROPHETS TO GOD. IN MY CASE, I SAY THAT I AM CHOSEN BY GOD’S CALLING, BORN AGAIN, OF GOD, AND ANOINTED. AND BY GOD, FOR THE BUILDING UP OF THE CHURCH, FOR THE WORK OF SOLUTEISM, THE FATHER JEHOVAH GOD WAS FORSAKEN. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR CALLING ME TO BE A PROPHET. AND IT’S BEEN 5 YEARS AND I’M STILL WAITING FOR MY SERVICE WITH GOD. NOW I AM 74 YEARS OLD. LORD JESUS CHRIST BLESS YOU, DEAR PARICIA PROPHET WOMAN, MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH ALL YOUR GOOD DREAMS. AMEN.” ]
Dear Molnar Janos, Thank you for sharing your heart. Fate is not involved in a prophets life. It has everything to do with walking as His servant to the Body of Christ and others. Really it is the life of Christ being lived through us. Keep being faithful and doing daily what the Lord asks of you. We come to realize that it is not so much about our arriving to be that prophet but it is also about our journey getting there. Living and dying daily are a big part of the process. Love the Scriptures and be in them daily. Appreciate your ❤️
Grazie!♡♡♡
Unfortunately, there are many fakes/false Prophets speaking today. It takes a long time for God to train/prepare a person to become a true Prophet. They don’t speak a lot, but when they do, their words are profound/powerful.
Thank you for your excellent teaching post. May God continue to bless and keep you!
Hi Janice, Jesus said, my sheep hear my voice and will not follow another. Where there is the true there will always be the false. Out of relationship we come to know His voice. We are being trained throughout our life and there are no shortcuts to being one of God‘s prophets/servants.At times we would like to jump off the potters wheel! Somewhere along the line, we realize the tremendous responsibility entrusted to us by God to be a mouthpiece in the Body of Christ and want Him to get all the glory! Blessings an thankyou for sharing.❤️
Thank you for your response. The journey of becoming a Prophet is indeed long and hard. I’ve wanted to jump off the potters wheel many times.
I needed a word of encouragement and you provided it. Blessings to you.
Capire il senso della sofferenza mi dà grande forza!
Grazie! Benedizioni♡
[ HKP : “Understanding the meaning of suffering gives me great strength! Thank you! Blessings♡” ]
Greetings Maranatha, Thank you for sharing.Throughout our walk with our Lord we come to better understand the fellowship of His suffering in a deeper way. Scripture says, Jesus learned obedience through the things that He suffered.
Suffering can take on many forms. Suffering for the Gospel, suffering in denying our self daily. Sin also causes suffering. Jesus was sinless and yet suffered for us. Many go through suffering daily. A Word study on suffering would help us all come to a fuller understanding. I would like to suffer well and not murmur ever. Smile❤️
Grazie♡♡♡
Thank you for this word,it’s a very good description. I was called when I was 20.
I’m 65, and God has been forming me throughout my life. I know my time is soon.
Hello Herman,
Your post just made me think about the Lords forming us. We really are being conformed to the image of Christ throughout our whole life. Paul speaks about Christ being formed in us. He is still working hard in my heart and life and I will be 75 in a few days.
Truly, we may as well embrace the process for when we do it is much less painful and even sweet as we see what Christ is doing in our life.
It is only in dying that His resurrection power can come forth in us. Thank you for sharing Blessings,
As you wrote Patricia,
“There will be little approval in this life for you. You will go through life in the cave, live in a cocoon, in the wilderness for a time and then one day you will be that beautiful butterfly that God wants you to be!”
That is the truth. And many of us know it well. He chose us before we were born, and our giftings or callings, He chose them also.
In the furnace, on the Potters wheel – is a long process. If we endure….if we persevere- then maybe – like the white-haired prophets of old – we are vessels He can use as He wants. Without His grace it is completely impossible. Even His grace is in the ‘dying daily’.
Thank you- its a wonderful post.
Elizabeth, I was just talking to the Lord about the potters wheel. Smile/tears. It is truly by His grace and nothing we can ever do. That is the key, that we become the vessels He can use as He wants. Appreciate your wisdom. ❤️