- Prophetic Stations
Some crisis in the fulfilment of prophecy comes not only from prophecy missing its season but also from prophecy missing its station. If prophecy specific to Mr A were enforced on Mrs B, one would get fulfilment and other disappointment. If prophecy meant for me were announced as if it had been meant for all, there would be widespread disappointment, not because the prophecy was false or fake, but because it had been sent to a ‘wrong address.’ If one does not listen well, it is possible for handlers of prophecy sometimes to give national interpretation to a personal prophecy, making it seem as if the prophet had lied, whereas the interpreters were to blame. It is the stormy crisis of prophets fleeing to Tarshish with a message meant for Nineveh (Jonah 1:1-4).
God sent Samuel to Jesse’s house (1 Samuel 16:1-5). Let us suppose that Mr Jesse thereupon went about to other men in his city, saying, “God is about anoint a son in our city as new king. I heard the prophet myself. All fathers should therefore prepare their sons for the selection.” Undiscerning disciples of such a handler, who stood up their sons to wait, would have waited forever for Prophet Samuel until their sons died on standing. It would have had nothing to do with the Lord or His prophet, but everything to do with the handlers of the message. God is not obligated to fulfil what He did not promise, not matter how loudly anyone claims it.
From The Preacher’s diary,
January 26, 2023.
(to be continued)
