Of the sons of Issachar who had an understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred....—1 Chronicles 12:32
A prophet is one who knows his times and what God is trying to say to the people of his times.
Today we need prophetic preachers; not preachers of prophecy merely, but preachers with a gift of prophecy. The word of wisdom is missing. We need the gift of discernment again in our pulpits. It is not the ability to predict that we need, but the anointed eye, the power of spiritual penetration and interpretation, the ability to appraise the religious scene as viewed from God's position, and to tell us what is actually going on.
Where is the man who can see through the ticker tape and confetti to discover which way the parade is headed, why it started in the first place and, particularly, who is riding up front in the seat of honor?...
What is needed desperately today is prophetic insight. Scholars can interpret the past; it takes prophets to interpret the present. Learning will enable a man to pass judgment on our yesterdays, but it requires a gift of clear seeing to pass sentence on our own day.
Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne. Of God and Men.
"Lord, I pray for that gift of prophetic insight. Move me beyond the knowledge You've enabled me to gain through education, reading, and study. I pray that I might lead as one 'who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the throne.' Ne'Eman
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My prayer; is that we as Leadershifter’s that we begin to come out of “Selfish efforts leaves failures; SELF”; self-reliance. Self-sufficient, Self-supporting, Self-contained self, self, self. Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. I know for myself, I had to let go of Patricia, her emotions, herself-will, self-wants, I had to come out of self. Now that transformation has begun and well on its way, I know with all my heart I belong to God. I Truly Belong To God, 1 Cor. 6:19-20; Don’t you know that your body is a temple that belongs to the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit, whom you received from God, lives in you. You don’t belong to yourselves. 20 You were bought for a price. So, bring glory to God in the way you use your body. Now I know that I Am in the right position for God to show me, share with me, all that He needs me to see.” Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne”. I as a LeaderShifter, I take ownershift of this, I decree that I Am this “other-kind, a prophetic pastor, hearing from the throne of God. I thank God for this read on this day.