Hi Ladies,
God is in control! So all is not lost if you’ve made a Prophecy/Prediction Syndrome Phase 2 move. Trust in God and in the Word you heard from Him. Don’t allow fears of a broken heart, or the possibility of failure to shake your belief in Our Father’s ability to turn things around. But do try to avoid moving into Phase 3.
PHASE 3 – Post-Revelation Anxiety
After sharing her revelation with her intended, and watching in dismay as he heads in the opposite direction, many a determined woman takes a stand, defiantly waiting for the man’s attitude to change. She announces to anyone who’ll listen that he is hers – God has told her so. She stays sweetly in touch, tries to be on her nicest behavior, and watches vigilantly for any sign of a shift in his position. She has heard from The LORD; this man is not going to change that fact. She is fully prepared to wait him out, and despite all discouragement, she plans to hold fast.
She now begins to pray on him, with very specific prayers designed to remind God of what He has said…“God, You said he’s to be my husband. Lord, I’m holding You to Your promise…Make it come to pass.” Over the years, I’ve known female friends who were thoroughly and resolutely convinced that God had shown them their husbands, but the guys just didn’t know it yet. Most had already notified their intended mates and were waiting with varying degrees of impatience for the “revelation” to take hold in the men.
One of my male friends, however, had no idea what was going on when the women in his small church began scowling and looking at him strangely. Finally an old mother chastised him about how badly he was treating a woman he barely knew. That’s when he learned that instead of telling him about her marriage prophecy, the young lady had shared the news with her entire women’s study group, and they were all concerned about his seeming indifference. As is typical, my friend had no intentions toward this particular woman, and he married the one he’d chosen.
RELEASE THE DEATH GRIP
This is the only way to get on with your life. If The LORD has given you a vision of a specific man as your husband-to-be, first calm down. Then relax and let him go. Release the fellow from mating prayers and from any expectations about how it will all work out. And certainly release God! You cannot presume to hold Him to your plan of action; Our Father rarely follows the pathways we’ve laid out for Him. He is Sovereign, and His answers are likely to come about in ways we’d least expect.
As for the Prediction portion of the Syndrome…stop, be still, and try to understand what you’ve actually heard. A prediction is a revelation made without input from God. It is a human evaluation, based upon human thought and rationale. The differences only become apparent when God steps in to confirm His declaration. If the event you believe you’ve been foretold never comes to pass, what you have made is a prediction. Only time can reveal the truth.
Never put your life on hold while you wait for The LORD to finish up this husband business. If your prophetic insight is genuine, and not based upon fears, lusts, or emotions, its reality will be proven without prompting. You will know in your spirit, beyond a shadow of doubt, that what has been shown to you will come to pass. Instead of causing panic or frantic action, God’s revelation should bring joy and the “peace of God, which surpasses all understanding” (Philippians 4: 7).
Sitting back and watching God work is a far more exciting and better builder of our faith, than is jumping ahead of Him and trying to do it ourselves. 1 John 4: 1 directs us to “test the spirits, whether they are of God.” This enables us to discern between the whispers of the flesh and the direct revelation of Our Sovereign Lord.
Next week…Testing the spirits. Joy and Shalom!
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