Prophecy Moving Me Closer To God (Daily Devotional)

Greetings and thank you so much for the opportunity to come to you today and spend these few moments with you in the word of God. This week, we are learning on how to test personal prophecy and prophetic words. Yesterday, we laid out the first test which is, is it in line to the written word of God? Today, we learn another test which is, does the personal prophecy move me toward God? What is the prophecy moving me towards? Is it moving me toward God, is it drawing me towards the person who gave me the prophecy? Is it pushing me away from God or is it pushing me toward something that is not of God, that is the test In the Old Testament in Deuteronomy chapter 13, verses 1, 2 and 3, when the Lord was instructing His people about the prophets, He said, ‘Look, if there is a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign and a wonder and even if the sign and wonder comes to pass but if he is telling you, let us go after other gods which you have not known, to serve them then do not listen to the words of the prophet. So, the truth as a prophecy is not whether the prophecy comes to pass or not, the first test is, is the prophet and the prophetic word moving you toward God or to some other gods, that is the primary test. Then of course, every true word from God will come to pass if the conditions are met. So, that is the first test, is the prophetic word moving you to God or towards the so-called prophet himself/ herself or to other gods to serve. You’ve got to be very careful. Ask yourself this question. When you receive a personal prophecy, what is the prophecy doing to me? Is it causing me to love Jesus more, wanting me to seek Jesus more or is it pushing me away from the Lord, is it distracting me away from the Lord into something else that is taking the place of God, so that is the second test. You examine whether that word and the person who gave it to you, are they moving you toward God, that is the second test you place on personal prophecy, the word and the person who gave it to you, are they moving you toward God? Let’s pray, Father, we pray and ask you give us wisdom and discernment to test prophecy and to receive and hold on to what is good, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

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