Signs Your Prophetic Destiny Is Being Unleashed
Helen Calder
Does it seem like the very opposite of your prophetic calling is
happening right now, or that your faith is being tested through trial?
You are in good company.
The heroes of Scripture underwent severe difficulties. The greatest
trials often took place right before the breakthrough that would see them
released into their God-given destiny.
We serve a faithful God and no person,
and no circumstances can prevent His prophetic call upon our lives being
fulfilled if we keep our hearts right before Him, stay in an attitude of
obedience, and remain in a place of integrity and honour towards people.
And
whenever we realise that we have departed from this position, the grace of God
invites us to freely return.
Signs Your Prophetic
Destiny is Being Unleashed
1. You are Undergoing the
Greatest Trial of Your Life
David and his men returned to their homes and
property in Ziklag, only to find that their homes had been burned, their
property plundered, and their wives and families captured. To make matters
worse, David’s men turned against him, blaming him for the tragedy.
David could easily have given up. However, he stayed on
track, pressed into God and made tough leadership decisions. As a result, David
and his men overcame the enemy, recovered their losses and won back their
families. (1 Samuel 30)
The devastation of Ziklag prepared David for his move to
Hebron—the very place where he would be crowned King of Judah and then of all
Israel. (2 Samuel 2:1)
2. The Obvious Means of Fulfilling God’s Call Seems to have
been Removed
Ezekiel was a young man with the call of God upon his life.
Born to the priestly tribe of the Levites, his destiny was to serve in the
temple from the age of 30. (Ezekiel 1:1, Numbers 4:3)
At the age of 23 he was taken captive from Jerusalem and relocated in
Babylon. Ezekiel’s primary means of fulfilling God’s call on his life—ministry
in the temple—was removed from him.
However, we read in Ezekiel 1:1 that in his 30th year, in the place of captivity,
the very time he would have started his priestly service in God’s temple, the
heaven’s opened and his ministry as Prophet was launched. (Ezekiel 1:1)
3. A Person you Felt was Significant to God’s Purposes has
been Lost to You
Uzziah, King of Judah spent most of his life serving God and
his nation well—and the Prophet Isaiah diligently recorded the stories of his
reign. (2 Chronicles 26:2)
Uzziah must have seemed like the hope of Judah—the King who set things
to godly order and made the nation successful. And yet his life ended suddenly
in a sinful act of pride.
This loss must have been devastating to Isaiah—and yet this
was the year that God chose to reveal Himself and the glory of His Heavenly
throne to Isaiah and to commission him to speak on God’s behalf. (Isaiah 6)
It is as though God was saying, ‘It is time to put your eyes on the Only One who can
save Judah. I am your only security and all that you need. Now is the time to
step up into your destiny as Prophet.’
4. There is a Huge Faith Challenge Standing Between you and
the Promise of God
Caleb faithfully served God as a leader of his tribe through
the 40 wilderness years of Israel. But on the eve of the fulfilment of God’s
promise to him and his family, he faced his greatest challenge yet—to take
Hebron from the Canaanites. (Joshua 14)
We learn that through Caleb’s leadership giants were
expelled from the land. (Judges 1:19-20)
The fulfilment of God’s promise to Caleb was not going to happen
without a battle—and the greatest test of his faith in and dependency upon God.
5. You have been Repositioned by God—and Suffered Loss as a
Result
A young Moabitess called Ruth committed her life to follow and serve
her mother-in-law, Naomi, after the death of her husband and father-in-law in
Moab.
When Ruth entered Bethlehem she had not only lost her husband, she had
left her family and culture behind and was known as a stranger. She had no
means of living apart from relying upon charity. Everything of her former life
was stripped away.
And yet in that very place, she was destined to marry Boaz,
of the tribe of Judah, secure the inheritance of Naomi’s family, and become
great-grandmother to King David—part of the lineage of Christ. (See the book of Ruth)
6. You are Being Tempted to Promote Yourself Rather than
Wait for God’s Timing and the Affirmation of Oversight
As Jesus was being launched into His season of ministry, the Holy
Spirit compelled Him to go into the wilderness, to fast and face demonic
temptation.
There in that place of severe want and hardship, Jesus was tempted to
receive the kingdoms of the world without the cross, and without a life
submitted to the Father’s will.
Emerging triumphant, His position of submission to the
Father secure, Jesus left the wilderness ‘in the power of the Spirit’ to enter
His public ministry. (Luke 4:1-14)
7. The Tyranny of the Ordinary: Nothing Seems to be
Happening
For Elisha, the launching place of God’s purpose for his life was in
the place of the ordinary. If he had any inkling of God’s call upon his life,
then the trial for him was that nothing was happening. Nothing at all. A great
big zero.
Elisha was living at home and serving in the family
business. It was just another day in his life as an ordinary citizen, ploughing
oxen, being faithful, when the Prophet Elijah came by and threw his mantle over
Elisha’s shoulders. (1 Kings 19:19-21)
Success in God’s eyes comes
from staying on track when the greatest challenges of your life occur. These
things are the means Father uses to sharpen and prepare you for what lies
ahead. And they may be the very launching pad God uses to propel you into your
prophetic destiny.
Would you want to have a deeper relationship
with God?
God has made it possible for you to know
Him and experience an amazing change in your own life by receiving His Son, Jesus Christ, and have eternal life.
Say the following prayer:
“Father God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins
have separated me from You.
I am truly sorry. I now want to turn away from my past sinful life
and live a new life pleasing to You.
Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning
again.
I believe that Your Son, Jesus Christ died for my
sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.
I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to
rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Thank You that according to
your Word, I am now born again.
Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You,
and to do Your will for the rest of my life. I promise to study Your Word – the
Bible.
Please use me for Your glory.
In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.”
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