The Depth Into the Heart of Change
When The LORD anoints a vessel, there’s a very serious process they go through before they will ever fulfill the Word of The LORD.
There are Prophets today, however, of whom The Church has become so afraid, due to the false, these Churches won’t accept any of Prophets at all!
Prophets pay a heavy price of down time with The LORD in that place.
For instance, you may think that a Prophetic Word is ‘hard,’ giving no hope of redemption.
However, by the time that a godly Prophet gives the Word of The LORD, that Word has been made thoroughly clear and serious, because Prophets are held accountable for every word they speak.
Their faces must be set like flint, and do you think a prophet is nonstop giving words? (Isaiah 50:7)
Before any Words of Wisdom, Words of Knowledge, Words of Discerning of Spirits, Words in Church or Fellowships, through pastors, teachers, evangelist, prophets and apostles from God, there is labor that goes into speaking, writing, and in saying something is from God.
We all — but especially leadership — are not to take things lightly. We serve a Holy God!
What God is saying takes time to develop, and to be sure The Word is purely from The LORD — and not man.
Speaking for God is not for a title or any establishments or benefits, except the only benefit I yearn for is to know HIM intimately.
If you are seeking gifts, talents, or offices over God’s People, it needs to be said and taught that service to God will cost your whole life.
Service isn’t popular, and when we lay our lives down, it has the potential to wreck your whole life!
Following The LORD, by picking up our cross and following HIM, will cost your life!
“Then the word of The LORD came to Samuel, saying, “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to The LORD all that night. Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up “a monument for himself” and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.” 1 Samuel 15:10-12.
“Now The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” But The LORD said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to The LORD.’ Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you.” 1 Samuel 16:1-3 NKJV.
The LORD told the prophet Samuel to take a horn of oil and go. This is the same prophet that mourned over King Saul and God had to tell him enough!
Why? Because The LORD had rejected Saul as King. Yet the prophet went through a lot of emotional upheavals because of all he felt and then the prophet feared and was concerned that, “Saul will kill me!”
People read a lot into the Bible, and see the people as ‘elevated,’ and above all we feel here today!
Beloved, we will still feel the burden of the people, because they choose to go against God’s Will.
Samuel was very human, and went through all kinds of unstable emotions! He felt all of it!
God spoke to Samuel, “go take a heifer to Bethlehem for sacrifice.” And the people of the community of Bethlehem were concerned if Samuel came in peace!
Why? Because the people knew it was a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
Where is The Fear of The LORD today, to reverence Him and be Respectful and Holy, as HE is Holy?
There is a very serious time coming to the people of God, to Return and be Restored to the reverence and the Holiness of God!
“But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.…” 1 Peter 1:16-17 BSB
Samuel was led to Jesse’s family and see all of Jesse’s sons. Samuel was told that he would anoint the one whom God had chosen as King — yet it wasn’t about the looks of the son!
The choice of God, was about the heart of the one who was ‘after the heart of God.’ [after = aligned with]
The Bible gives us a spiritual view into the heart of Samuel, for it was emotionally and spiritually hard for the Prophet Samuel, as he mourned over King Saul.
The LORD told the Prophet Samuel to stop grieving over Saul, as it was God’s rejection over King Saul.
“Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I AM sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.” ” 1 Samuel 16:1.
The heart of a true Prophet doesn’t wish anything bad on people, and weeps and mourns over the people.
When God reveals a difficult Word to the Prophet, a true Prophet must labor over the word, and must grieve over the words, and mourn over the people.
Part Two soon!
In HIS Grace and Mercy,
~ Sherry Edwards Mackey
Sherry Edwards Mackey
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Oh A-MEN to this. If anyone thinks this gig is all glitz and glamor, nice clothes, fancy stages, big conferences with speaking panels of all the who’s-who, book deals, popular podcasts, etc. -you are absolutely mistaken. Go ahead, say “Here am I, send me” with all your heart. You want to be His voice? Buckle up. You will be hated by all those fancy people, kicked out of their churches, slandered, mocked, and gossiped about. You will endure attacks from the enemy that you cannot imagine. God will carry you through, but I assure you there will be blood. The armor required, the fear and reverence of God required, the self control required, will only come through FIRE. HOT FIRE. Want to know if a person is truly His servant? Look for truck loads of persecution from men and the enemy. That’s the sign of a true prophet of God. Great is their treasure in heaven.