from Prophetic Ministries
During a period of time when the Lord was teaching me about the laying on of hands and prophecy to receive gifts, he also began to lead me into the scriptures to learn about Angels. For more than nine months, I would pray for understanding as I studied the Bible. There are many interesting stories in the Bible about angelic encounters and how angels are used in heaven and on earth, but as I studied I was not putting together the two things God had taught me about the gifts of the Spirit and angels. I finally began to see a parallel in prophecy and angels through the words in these verses of scripture.
These verses spoke volumes of knowledge to me regarding prophecy. Now I know that whatever I see or hear in the spirit from the Lord in heaven, will be done on earth by His angels. If I can find the Lord in prayer and clearly understand what His will is and then prophesy His will, the angels will see that His word is fulfilled. (ref. Luke 11:2) This may not seem like much to you, but it is if you are wanting to see the Lord’s will done on earth as it is in heaven. This revelation is the key to unlock the blessings stored up above for those who have an ear to hear.
The Lord has always searched for those who are yielded vessels for Him to speak through. If you speak His word from heaven, His angels will see that His word is manifested on earth.
Having a better understanding of how angels assist in seeing God’s will done on earth by using the gift of prophecy helped me considerably, but I still had a question. How do I now hear more from the Lord than I did before I had the prophet lay hands on me? What had happened to me and who could explain the difference in me before and after this event in Midland, Texas? I had some ministers tell me that I just began to have more faith to believe I could hear God. Others said that it was not God at all, because they had never heard Him speak this way. The answer I had been looking for came as I was reading from the book of Hebrews. One little three letter word in this verse below stood up and shouted at me. It gave me greater understanding of why I could now hear from the Lord anytime for myself or anyone else.
THAT WAS IT! I had been given the understanding of what made the difference after the prophet had laid his hands on me and prophesied. An angel had been appointed to give me the words to speak. This is why I was hearing volumes of information coming to me when I would begin to pray. The angel that was given to me also accompanied the gift that was given to me by the Holy Spirit through the hands of the established prophet. We know that the Holy Spirit is the only one who can give a spiritual gift. No prophet can give gifts as he so wills, but he can give the word and impart the gift that the Holy Spirit has commissioned him to pronounce. It all made sense to me now.
Always before when I was preaching, I felt as though I were waiting for something. I knew I could not start prophesying until there was a change in the spiritual atmosphere. As soon as I felt the presence of a supernatural power in the building, I knew within myself I could now begin ministering in the prophetic gifts. At times I would sense the presence of another ministering spirit. At other times, I would receive instruction in my spirit to pray for someone who was sick or afflicted in their body. I would sense a different anointing as I ministered the word of knowledge from that of a word of wisdom. I found that the word of wisdom works more frequently when ministering in prophetic counseling. It is a little like the spirit of prophecy; however, there is not the unalterable will of God in a word of wisdom like there is in prophecy. The ministering spirit (angel) that brings forth the word of wisdom is simply foretelling of what can be expected if the person to whom you are ministering goes one way or the other. The information that is given is to reveal to the person what they can expect to happen, although what they do is their decision. On the other hand, if God sends the spirit of prophecy, that word will come to pass in most cases regardless of whether it bears witness with your spirit or not.
There is only one case in the entire Bible where prophecy was given and it did not come to pass. In the book of Jonah, Jonah was sent by God to Ninevah to prophesy the destruction of their great city. However, when Jonah gave the word of the Lord, the King of Ninevah believed the word of the Lord and called for a fast. Then God saw their works and turned the evil away from them; God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them. (ref. Jonah 3:10) This made Jonah angry with God and he began to sulk. The Lord basically said to him, “Are you feeling sorry for yourself because I did not kill 120,000 people and their livestock just so you could be right?” (ref. Jonah 4) This is what we refer to in prophetic circles as being used as God’s fish bait. He does not care if His prophets look or smell good to the people for he is no respector of persons. As long as His will is accomplished, He does not care how it gets done– even if it makes you look like a fool. To be used of God is not always to be used in the manner we choose. We can be used of God in many different ways and not all of them will be pleasing to our flesh.
No matter what the Lord chooses to do with us in this life, we know that He will not do anything until He first reveals it to His prophets.
In the book of Revelation it is recorded He signified His word by an Angel.
In the days to come God’s prophets will hear more from His prophetic vessels, Angels.