The Discernment of Personal Prophecy or Insights

Within Christendom (and any religious movement for that matter) members tend to receive personal prophecies or insights from someone who claims to be a prophet/prophetess.  Most of these so call prophecies or insights relates to success, possessions, love or love ones.

These people tend to be smooth operators of religious sayings, scripture memorization and last but not least – they have an understanding of the human needs, wants, aspirations and desires.  These desires are: love, enough wealth to be secure and comfortable, our love ones to be safe, educated, successful and out of harm’s way.

But watch out for “Motive Speaking” for it is the key to the Discernment of Personal Prophecy or Insights

Here’s an example:  A True Story

Within a particular congregation is a pastor who uses personal prophecy as the norm during weekly services.  The pastor teaches and encourages all believers within this congregation to be filled with the spirit so much so that each member start giving Personal Prophecy to each other on a regular basis as well.  Once a visiting evangelist came to town and began a running a revival (revival in the religious sense for true revival is a return to Torah).  Within the revival the evangelist became fascinated on a particular couple.  Each night this evangelist would watch how this couple interact with each other and he would give them special recognition.  Finally the evangelist start giving the married couple personal prophecies (particularly more to the wife and less toward the husband). Ultimately the evangelist picked up on the fact that the wife has aspirations to be in ministry and desired to have a husband that would be a preacher. The evangelist shared one last personal prophecy to this woman – that she and he should be together by divine destiny!  And guess what?  The woman divorced her husband and married this soothsaying evangelist!  Why? Because of human needs, wants, aspirations and desires. 

Watch out for “Motive Speaking” when people speak over your life when giving Personal Prophecy or Insights.  Yes, they can and will speak truth, but with a motive!

In Matthew 4 the Adversary shows us a perfect example of motive speaking.  He merely looked at the circumstances of the Messiah to try and gain an advantage of him.  What were these circumstances?  The Messiah was Hungry while and after fasting;  and had just been filled with the Ruach of Yah and was powerful.

Complete Jewish Bible: Matthew 4
Then the Spirit led Yeshua up into the wilderness to be tempted by the Adversary. ² After Yeshua had fasted forty days and nights, he was hungry. ³ The Tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order these stones to become bread.” ⁴ But he answered, “The Tanakh says,

‘Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai’”

⁵ Then the Adversary took him to the holy city and set him on the highest point of the Temple. ⁶ “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “jump! For the Tanakh says,

‘He will order his angels to be responsible for you. . . .
They will support you with their hands,
so that you will not hurt your feet on the stones.’”

⁷ Yeshua replied to him, “But it also says, ‘Do not put Adonai your God to the test.’”

⁸ Once more, the Adversary took him up to the summit of a very high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their glory, ⁹ and said to him, “All this I will give you if you will bow down and worship me.” ¹⁰ “Away with you, Satan!” Yeshua told him, “For the Tanakh says,
‘Worship Adonai your God, and serve only him.’”

¹¹ Then the Adversary let him alone, and angels came and took care of him.

Our Messiah was steadfast, purposed and strong!

So before listening and giving in to a personal prophecy or insight check to see if that evangelist or person has tapped into your circumstance and your aspirations and themselves wants a gain from you or wants to steer you into their plans for you.  If so, then it’s “Motive Speaking”

 

Selah' and Shalom