Spokesperson for God

It is generally considered quite the plum of a job to become Press Secretary or Secretary of State for the great USA.

But what if you were God’s spokesperson??

I am referring, of course, to prophets. Most people think of prophecy as “telling the future,” but historically it has meant nothing of the sort, at least in regards to Christianity. Prophecy is simply expressing what is in God’s heart, either with words or with action. A prophetic ministry is one which seeks to reveal God’s Truth and purposes to individuals, churches, or even societies. For example, I believe that our ministry, LAMB, is a prophetic ministry because we express the reality of God’s Kingdom incarnationally, in word and in deed.

This morning I was with a woman who has strong prophetic gifts. Her name is Sister Lupita, and she went to our safehouse to minister to the girls and staff. Last week she had come to Casa Lamb to meet Jeremy and his two friends who were visiting, and she gave “a prophetic word” over each one of us. Wow. It was as if she were looking into our souls! She had never met any of us. She had not been “briefed” ahead of time. When Amanda asked if she would do a skype conversation with her son, Sister Lupita said, “That isn’t necessary. God can give a word for him without seeing him.” And she proceeded to talk about Amanda’s son as if she had known him from childhood! Then as Amanda sat there astounded, Lupita just smiled calmly and said, “See, God knows everybody and everything.”

At the safehouse, there is a girl who just turned twelve. She has only been with us for a few weeks, and every time someone has started a prayer time, she has begun to laugh and laugh uncontrollably. One day she said, “I don’t want to laugh, but the devil is making me.” And laughed some more. Today we had some praise and worship time, and then Sister Lupita walked directly to this girl, laid hands on her and began to speak into her ear. I couldn’t hear what she was saying, but there was no laughing. The girl began to weep – and weep and weep and weep. And she began to talk to Jesus, out loud, asking forgiveness, thanking Him for loving her, and I don’t know what else because I was playing the guitar and crying, too, and that was about all the multitasking I could do under these circumstances!

After Sister Lupita prayed over the girls and the staff, she came over and prophesied over me, too. I tried to catch every word; one does not want to miss anything God is saying! As with the other prophecies, the words were ones of encouragement, love, and hope. They were words of assurance that the Lord was with me, and that He would bring to fulfillment all that was in my heart from Him to do. So beautiful. I’ve been doing other things since then, but my inner thoughts have stayed right there in that moment, soaking in the Truth, holding onto His loving words.

Sister Lupita reminded us, and I want to remind you, that God sees us, knows us, loves us. There is nothing that escapes His attention, and there is nothing that He cannot do. We are never outside the reach of His love. He makes all things new. He turns our mourning into dancing, and He also turns our careless laughter into tears of cleansing and renewal. In Jesus we are resurrected into holiness and joy. May we all be prophetic ministers wherever we are, revealing the Truth of Jesus Christ with our words and our lives so that His hope prevails.