Ears to Hear

Good Morning,

Here is a Word from the Lord;

    I Am calling to the forefront My true
prophets, those who will speak My heart and My word truly.  They are not
moved by the seasons, whether things are good or bad, whether the
opportunity seems favorable or unfavorable.  They are preachers of My
Word, rebuking, correcting, warning, urging and encouraging the lost. 
They are not moved by whether they are received with joy or cast aside. 
They are on a mission for the Kingdom.  They do not preach a message for
those who have itching ears, they are not trying to gain approval of
man, their desire is to only please Me.  This group of holy prophets
have come from My presence, from being totally immersed in Me and
dedicated to My purpose alone.  They will not say what is popular, but
what is profitable for the Kingdom.  Many voices are saying only what
they hear others saying and have not sought My counsel.  I Am
persistently sending you My prophets, so hear the ones that I Am
placing in your midst.  In order to hear and obey the true prophets with
My Word, you must be able to discern between the true and the false,
between the wheat and the tare.  The only way for you to hear and know
is for you to decide to know Me, in and through My Word.  I have
revealed Myself to you in My Word.  For you to make a proper shift and
change and be in My time, you can not be slothful or ignorant, because
of deception.  Now is the time for you to understand that My purpose and
plans for you are unchangeable, but I need you to line yourself up with
Me.  It is through faith and patience that you inherit the promises.  I
and My Word, We are One.  Listen to the ones that come with My Word.

 
    Read with me the message in Jeremiah
23:9 &11; "Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me,
all my bones shaken; I am like a drunken man, a man whom wine has
overcome, because of the Lord and because of His holy Words…..For
both [false] prophets and priest are ungodly and profane; even in My
house have I found their wickedness, says the Lord.  "Verses 16-18;
"Thus says the Lord of Hosts; Do not listen to the words of the [false]
prophets who prophesy to you.  They teach you vanity (emptiness, falsity
and futility) and fill you with vain hopes; they speak a vision of
their own minds and not from the mouth of the Lord.  They are
continually saying to those who despise Me and the Word of the Lord,
the Lord has said: You shall have peace; and they say to everyone who
walks after the stubbornness of his own mind and heart, No evil shall
come upon you.  For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord,
that he should perceive and hear His Word?  Who has marked His Word [noticing and observing and giving attention to it] and has actually
heard it?"  Verses 21-22: "I did not send these [false] prophets , yet
they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.  But if they had
stood in My council, then they would have caused My people to hear My
Words, then they would have turned them [My people] from their evil
way and from the evil of their doings."
    God makes a distinction between the true and the false prophets,
and we must discern also.  True prophets are always directing God's
people toward holy character and conduct.  Making 'soul prosperity' the
main goal. "Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even [like unto; to the same degree] as your soul prosper."  (III John verse 2)         

    Read the rest of Jeremiah chapter 23.  "Is not My Word like fire [that consumes all that endure the test]? says
the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most
stubborn resistance]? Therefore behold, I Am against the [false]
prophets, says the Lord, [I Am even now descending upon them with
punishment, these prophets] who steal My Words from one another [imitating the phrases of the true prophets].  Behold I Am against the
prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say,
Thus says the Lord."

    All of us are prophets in the small sense of the word and we need to speak the unadulterated Word of God.  We must meditate in the promises and stay true to God's Word.  The Bible says that in the last days that many false prophets shall arise.  We must be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.  Know the true and living God and develop ears to hear! 

 

Love,

Pastor D.