Thursday 7 January 2010

Prophetic Revelation

Prophetic Revelation
"Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law." (Proverbs 29:18 ESV). This is where we need to be living as we head into 2010 - prophetic vision/revelation.

Now, we must never think for one moment that this always means something new, unheard of, totally original - if we do we'll be in trouble. This revelation has to do with a people who are alive to God and his Word.

First, alive to God, a relationship that is real, vital, developing, growing .. the problem is sin disrupts it, we can take it for granted, it goes stale etc. - and the problem is not God's!

Second, alive to His Word, the Holy Scriptures (maybe that word 'holy' needs to be restored to them - perhaps its again part of the dumbing down that is frequent today). How often this verse is quoted withouth the second part - "Blessed is he who keeps the law." Christians who are deaf and disobedient to the Word are cutting off the very basis of prophetic vision/revelation. If you are not hearing God one of the best questions you can ask yourself is, when did God last speak to me and what did I do with it? We close the door to hearing God by disobedience. Logically we might say, if you are not listening and responding now, why say anymore?

Praise God his mercies are new every morning. With him there is forgiveness. Acknowledgment, confession, repentance are key. He is more willing to renew our lives than we realise! Its the devil who says 'that's it, God's finished with you.' As the Psalmist says,"The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand." (Psalm 37:23-24)

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