Shifts Coming in the Prophetic 1/1/2022
Prophetic people primarily speak from the gift. Prophets, oracles of God, often speak under the unction which is more like a faucet that runs continually when you open your mouth, often with little to no mental processing. It is literally speaking by the Spirit from your spirit without first forming thoughts about what you are going to say. Preaching under the unction is similar. This does not mean that prophets always need to be continually prophesying or that they are better than anyone else.
The reality is, the Lord releases this gift and outpouring through those He has tested and refined, usually over and over again. The vast majority of genuine prophets called to the office as a spokesperson for the Lord have been through incredible pain, trials, rejection and testing. Sometimes even the promotion into deeper levels by the Lord can bring fresh wounding from those things over and over. When the Spirit of prophecy, the testimony of Jesus, rests upon an individual or ministry, it is more important to focus on what is said and to act in obedience to it.
With this type of prophecy or demonstration of the word of the Lord, there will often come a shift in the atmosphere and a greater sense of the holiness, fire and preparation of the Lord personally and corporately. Words will not fall flat in the way that they often do in religious or hyper spiritual spheres. There are those upon whom the Spirit of God rests to speak His heart, His will, His perfect word that causes people to align with Him in a timely and literal way in the moment that He speaks. It is very important not to miss those moments or what He is saying or requiring of us.
Aligning with this type of outpouring of revelation and unity in the Spirit of God can catapult you and refusing to move or budge in response to it can seriously inhibit you. We are going into a season where obedience to the word of the Lord in your life, meaning primarily words that are spoken by those standing in the counsel of the Lord, will be extremely important. Many are asking God to speak to them or asking for another word or direction continuously but not being obedient to what has already been spoken.
The age of prophetic manipulation, fun and games, prophetic training without character training or requirements to walk in personal purity and holiness is drawing to a close now. The real word of the Lord is going to begin to come forth in a much more powerful and direct way in the days ahead and people will find themselves coming under this type of unction of the Holy Spirit in ways that require them to make a choice in response to the words God is speaking. Don’t take it lightly. I long for the day when the genuine prophetic is married to the outpouring of the power of God and the anointing of the Holy Spirit that brings genuine wisdom, direction, correction, exhortation and counsel.