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Disheartened Prophets; Ref: Ronald Powell
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DR. RONALD POWELL
www.crosswindsusa.org

"A Message For all Disheartened Prophets And True Proclaimers of The Word of God"

August 10, 2006
As I sought the Lord in my own time of personal discouragement, I heard The Lord say: "look at Jeremiah’s Complaint." So I began to search for it in My electronic Bible. Scripture after Scripture would show that eventually all prophets would find ridicule, accusations, judgment, and censure as they sought to do God's will and speak only those things He would say to them. But friends, I also found that when a prophet says; I will no longer prophecy because of persecution, censure, hurt or ridicule, his bones would burn within him. In other words... God's Revealed Words would begin to flow like a river, and though his mouth would try to hold them back, they burst out like water from a broken dam. I am not saying the spirit of the prophet has no control over it's receiving and speaking(1Cr 14:32)... I am saying you feel as though you will burst if you do not speak.
Finally, In my continued search of the scriptures I ran across Jeremiah's complaint. It felt to me as if I were reading my own epilogue. In a strange way these words brought consolation to my heart, perhaps this will speak to and encourage the hearts of many of you as well!
God Bless you and may The Lord God open all of our mouths to speak and cure the wounds of His people.
Jeremiah 20:
7 O Lord, you misled me, and I allowed myself to be misled. You are stronger than I am, and you overpowered me. Now I am mocked every day; everyone laughs at me. 8 When I speak, the words burst out. “Violence and destruction!” I shout. So these messages from the Lord have made me a household joke. 9 But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can’t do it! 10 I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.” They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.” Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip. “He will trap himself,” they say, “and then we will get our revenge on him.”

11 But the Lord stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten. 12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, you test those who are righteous, and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets. Let me see your vengeance aga inst them, for I have committed my cause to you. 13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For though I was poor and needy, he rescued me from my oppressors. 14 Yet I curse the day I was born! May no one celebrate the day of my birth. 15 I curse the messenger who told my father, “Good news—you have a son!”

16 Let him be destroyed like the cities of old that the Lord overthrew without mercy. Terrify him all day long with battle shouts, 17 because he did not kill me at birth. Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb, that her body had been my grave! 18 Why was I ever born? My entire life has been filled with trouble, sorrow, and shame.


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