November 11, 2024
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me..'"
- John 10:27 (NKJV)
As we come to the concluding part of the prophetic series, we will be studying how to activate the prophetic in our lives. The prophetic is a potent game changer. Where struggles fail and all else seems not to be working, you need to engage the prophetic.
One of the ways to activate the prophetic is through prayer and fasting. This must be done consistently and intentionally. After Jesus fasted and prayed, He went forth in the power of the prophetic, the power of the Spirit (Luke 4:14). If you ever struggle to find consistency in this area, consider joining the daily 5:00 AM prayers, midnight roar prayers, and the church’s declared fasting leading up to the Jesus Is Lord Services throughout the year. It will surely help your spiritual growth and build capacity. A consistent prayer and fasting life attunes you to prophetic manifestations.
Sacrifice is another way to provoke the prophetic. When Abraham told his servants that he was going to “worship,” he was really going to sacrifice his son as commanded. This means that obeying that instruction was synonymous with sacrifice in Abraham's mind. Your sacrifice produces a fragrance unto God and draws His attention to that matter. While praise and worship are also forms of sacrifice, the voice of sacrifice speaks unto God. When Abel offered a more pleasing sacrifice than Cain, the Bible says his sacrifice was speaking.
“By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.” — Hebrews 11:4 NKJV
Honor is a spiritual law; once you break it, it becomes difficult to thrive, and the anointing will seek another vessel.
When your sacrifice is right, it will always provoke something on your behalf before the Lord. You must believe in and honor your man of God. In 2 Kings 13:14, Elisha was about to die, and the king came to honor him. He wasn’t looking for anything from him but rather a pure act of honor toward the man of God. The outcome, even in death, was that the prophetic upon Elisha was provoked, and he began making declarations that would save the king from a future battle with the Syrians he was meant to lose.
Honor is a spiritual law; once you break it, it becomes difficult to thrive, and the anointing will seek another vessel. Jesus could not do many mighty works in Mark 6:3-6 because of dishonor among His own people. Avoid the pitfall of being overly familiar with your man of God to the extent of dishonor and lack of regard for prophetic instructions.
“Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” — 2 Chronicles 20:20b NKJV
Lastly, the prophetic is provoked in the place of worship. As you lift up your hands to God in adoration and worship with songs and instruments, the Lord comes down into the midst of His people and the prophetic is activated.
In 2 Kings 3:15-18, we see three kings—Judah, Edom, and Israel—coming together in battle and facing defeat. They sought out a prophet, Elisha, and through the sounds of Zion, the prophetic was activated. “But now bring me a musician.” Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. — 2 Kings 3:15 NKJV
God is always speaking, but are we listening? As you engage the prophetic through fasting, prayer, worship, and honor to the servant of God, may the hand of the Lord come upon you today, bringing you water in the desert, making the impossible a reality, and granting you that desired outcome in the name of Jesus.
Song of Worship
God cannot lie
His words will surely come to pass
Because He is not a man
Prayer - Lord, help me to be sensitive to Your Spirit. Lord, I am open to hear Your voice. Speak to me in any way You choose, and I will listen.