My Prophecy

So, the guy with the prophetic gift spoke about me today. Here's what he said: (Followed by my commentary in parenthesis.)

I have the gift of discerning the spirits. I can tell which things are from God, and which things are not. (I agree a little with this. The devil talks to me as much as God does, so I know when he speaks. "Pssst, Mike. You need to sleep in instead of going to church. It's going to be boring anyways. You already know all that stuff." "Leave me alone. I like church.")

I'm very good at seeing patterns, and seeing order out of chaos. (I have this, but I didn't think it was a gift.)

I have the ability to see God's hand in the middle of small details where other people don't necessarily think He's involved. (Yep. http://mikepettyromania.blogspot.com/2011/02/outreach-teams.html)

He told me that I was going to be a teacher, but not a math teacher. I would be a teacher of God's word. (We talked for a bit earlier in the week, so he knew about my math background, and he asked me if I wanted to be a teacher in that conversation. I told him that I was headed on the teacher track in college, but I quit because it didn't feel right.)

He asked me if I had read the Bible, and I said yes. (Two years ago, I did one of those read the Bible in a year things. I'm doing one again this year.)

He told me that was good and that I need to emphasize the Old Testament when I read the Bible because I'll be able to see the patterns in the Old Testament in how it points towards Jesus. (God has been pointing me towards Isaiah for a while now, so I'm going to start reading that.)

I'm able to explain things really well. I can take big concepts and explain them in a simple way such that even children can understand. (Yep.)

I'm able to see illustrations, pictures, and teach in parables and object lessons. (Yep. http://mikepettyromania.blogspot.com/2011/02/metaphorical-shopping.html)

I can see strategies of the enemy, and I can see strategies on how to fight the enemy. I can see strategies of warfare, and how we can move forward as a body of believers. (I agree with that. The devil isn't very clever. He uses the same tricks over and over.)

I can see strategies on how to reach certain people groups, and dark areas for a local congregation, cities, regions, and nations. (Cool. I haven't really done this one except for when I thought my church in Menifee had too much emphasis on spectacle in worship and not enough emphasis on Jesus.)

Then he prayed for me. He prayed that the colored plastic over the window of my soul would be removed and peeled away so that I would get clear revelation.

Then he said that my name, Mike, is like Michael. Michael was one of the angels and the angels were messengers of God. He said I would be a messenger of God.

After that he moved on to someone else.

None of it blew my mind. It was like hearing from an old friend that knew me really well.

Dear Jesus, thank You for speaking to me so often that none of this was new stuff. :)