Wisdom and Revelation

Out of the Gospel Faith Messenger conference with Rodney Francis, I started attending a bi-weekly prayer group that met in the home of Bill and Anne Ridd. It didn’t take long before on alternating weeks a group met in our home.

I would usually be tucking in the kids for the night when people arrived.

Trevor welcomed them in and they’d get started. He was assuming I knew them from the conference or the Ridd’s. Often I didn’t and Trevor didn’t know I didn’t know them until they left and he asked me questions about them.

Every week different people came. Every week something different happened. Some nights got pretty wild, others seemed reflective and deep.

It was a time to build eternal relationships, a safe environment in which we could exercise our God-given tools of the trade. The Holy Spirit was always present, teaching and directing and we were all very eager to learn. We sang, we danced, we waited, and we prayed … heaven opened over us.

I had the opportunity to pray for people I new nothing about. As the Holy Spirit instructed me I would pray and speak encouragement. It amazed me when the words I spoke had such impact on individuals – perhaps even surprised me at first. But then why should it be such a surprise when God’s intent is to speak to his beloved creation.

I love the prophetic.  My simple definition of it is having an open ear in heaven and a willing mouth here on earth. There are so many people in this world so hungry and in need of their creator. Prophecy is like love letters from God. I’m not a prophet but I long to exercise this gift, this tool in order to speak love and life into the lives of people the Lord sets across my path. I once heard someone say that we are potential answers to other people’s prayers.

How about you? When was the last time you were the answer to someone’s prayer? Make it your prayer to be that today.

–Karen Lund