Asking a Prophet not to Prophesy to You

I noted a few days ago that I received an email from someone asking me not to send them links to my blog posts.

I said to that person that I'll pray about it, and I am. I sent him a link to my last post and he'll get this one, too, as will another person who made that request.

This has been a genuine challenge to me.

In spite of what you might think about me and about what I do, I'm a rather obliging person. I enjoy being polite and my conviction that I am commanded by Jesus to live as a servant means that, in most cases, I deny myself to accommodate you, no matter what.

But, I really do believe that I'm gifted to be a prophet and that an important part of being obedient and living as a faithful steward of my calling is to create these posts and, at least, to make them known.

I think that the fact that the Lord gifts prophets and that Satan gifts false prophets calls God's people to take seriously the presence and power of the Holy Spirit and also to take into account the truth that "our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world..."

What a person does in the presence of prophecy is an important matter in their walk with the Lord.

Jesus commands, "Watch out for false prophets...." He doesn't allow for the please-don't-bother-me-with-your-drivel option.

Part of the phenomenon of prophecy is the responsibility all of God's people have to take it seriously, and to judge it faithfully.

Asking to opt out ain't in the Word.

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So, I'm still working through the request not to send out the links to my posts.

Honestly, I want to honor the requests. But, some day I will stand before the judgment seat of Christ and I want to be judged to be faithful.

I feel as if I am wedged between a rock and a hard place.

It's uncomfortable.

You can feel free to pray for me about this.