Our Choices Speak

Perhaps the most potent method of prophesying is that of making the right choices.

I have been around Spirit-filled people all of my life and I have been part of an apostolic-prophetic ministry for almost thirty of those years.  I am thankful to be one of many who have received the powerful revelation that we have the authority—really the responsibility—to speak, to declare, to proclaim, to prophesy.  I have personally benefited from that truth.

But recently I have been thinking, evaluating, reexamining my own life.  And frankly observing the lives of others, as well.  And the thought has occurred to me that perhaps the most potent method of prophesying is that of making right choices.

I must say that at times, I think we use our “declaring” as a substitute for righteous living.  It seems that some put all their hope in the “spoken word” without ever recognizing that the continued calamity in their situations could best be “fixed” by allowing Holy Spirit to empower them to make wise decisions, and to bring the nature and character of Yahweh to bear in their own lives.  We like to sing about His glory, eyes glazed over waiting for the cloud to fill the room; but really His glory is His nature, His character, His truth.  If His glory is in my life, I will have the mind of Christ.  I will think like Him, speak like Him, love like Him.  And I will make righteous judgment and wise choices each and every day.

I am all for prophesying.  Trust me.  I still find myself in some situations that can ONLY be addressed by standing in the middle of “nothingness” and speaking a solution into existence.  There are times when walking through moments of gross darkness, not knowing which way to go, I must simply say, “Let there be light.”

But just as imperative to living a fruitful, productive life of purpose and glory are the choices that I make…every, single day of my life.

The church has gone through a season of “charismata” that can perhaps best be described as the “name it and claim it” season.  Some have taken the beautiful truth that we are called to speak—to declare—to proclaim—to prophesy, and have used it as an excuse to remain immature children who refuse to be held accountable to one another or to Yahweh.  We have had large pep rallies where those who attend can be entertained with loud, moving music and dancing and great motivational speeches…and boy, have we prophesied!

But I just don’t buy it.

We need to raise our voices in agreement with that of our Creator.  No one believes in that more than I.  But out of that communion with Him, we also must make righteous choices every day of our lives, in little things and in big ones.

Our choices speak.  Heaven hears.  May the two always be one.