Signs of the Prophetic Calling
What are the signs of the prophetic calling? How to identify a prophet? Well before the Lord led me to prophetic training, I had my own personal idea of what a prophet was and what the prophetic calling should look like. Most of the pictures that I had about a prophet were really based on the Old Testament, because after all it is the part of the bible where you saw most prophets.
A prophet is someone who has a desire to set the captives free and to heal the broken hearted. It is something that burns in him/her. The difference between the prophetic calling and the evangelistic calling is their emphasis. The evangelist burns to set the captives free and heal the broken-hearted among the unbelievers, while the prophet has a great emphasis on the church and the people of God.
The prophets understand them more than anybody else because they have been there. They have been facing rejection all their lives, they know what it feels like to be rejected and put down. A person with a prophetic calling goes through phases of shame and humiliation. It is inevitable; it is part of their prophetic preparation.
Prophets think allegorically, they think in pictures. Without pictures they cannot function properly. Whatever you tell them, they have to convert it into a picture before they can understand it. It is the language they understand the most.
Another characteristic of the prophetic calling is that prophets flow naturally into the gifts of the Spirit and most of the time they are not aware of it. If you dared say to them that they operate in the gifts, they are likely to deny it, because for them it is nothing special — it is just natural, they just flow into them.
There are two other things that are natural to prophets: they have a strong prayer orientation and they are anointed in music or song. They love to lead others into prayer and worship. It is impossible to have a prophetic calling and not have a passion for music, praise and worship and intercession.
The prophets also have a unique approach — they are always different and they are always doing things differently. They see things others don't see. They just like to rock the boat, they don't care. Even when they try hard not to, it still does happen, they do rock the boat. And this really causes them to be rejected and not to fit anywhere.
Another sign to watch out for in identifying prophets is that they swing the pendulum. One day they are zealous for the Lord and want to conquer the world and another day, they are so discouraged they don't want to do anything. The Lord does not intend the prophet to stay like this — they need to move from swinging the pendulum to a place of maturity.
The greatest sign of a prophetic calling is actually a personal conviction from the Lord. If you don't have the conviction of your prophetic calling, then you will not go that far. Even the revelation from a prophet of God cannot replace your personal conviction.
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