Secrets of the Prophetic by Kim Clement

Author:Kim Clement
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Faith, Prophetic, Spirituality, Christian Life, South Africa, Christianity, Religion, General, Biography & Autobiography, Devotional, Religious
ISBN: 9780768423129
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Published: 2005-11-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The Great Transformation

When God rescued me from a self-destructive spiral of drugs and rebellion that left me dying in a gutter, I wanted to give Him my best. Everything about God's Word, Christian living, and the church was new. All I could pray was, "Lord, all that I have is Yours. You have given me musical talent that I want to use for Your glory."

I waited and waited for God to reply. I was hoping that He would say, "I will greatly multiply your gift. Your songs will be used mightily to build the Kingdom."

But instead the Lord said, "Kim, I am calling you to a prophetic ministry."

A prophet? I wondered. Why would the Lord call me to be a prophet?

But God had spoken. What I later learned was that when God speaks, He creates something from nothing—something that was not there before. Why does He operate in such a manner? I believe it is so we cannot take the glory or credit for His manifestation. It is important that the world be compelled to say, "That is God, not man."

Three important things happen when God speaks:

• He creates.

• He forms.

• He transforms.

And something more. God vindicates His transformation by giving us His oil of anointing.

There is nothing to compare with God's "creative word." He does not speak something into your life that you already have; He creates something that you don't already possess. The way God causes that to happen, however, is quite unusual. Many people believe that God always creates a finished product immediately. But one meaning for the word create in the Bible is to "fashion something"—to "prepare" it for habitation.

I like to think of God's prophetic words as an outer shell that He allows to be filled and completed. For example, being born again and becoming a new creation in Christ are only the beginning of what we will become. God first creates something, and then He inhabits it.

Every time God speaks to you—whether it is through an individual or during a time of meditation and prayer—His creation is at work. It's like a burst of energy that explodes within your spirit. Suddenly, you possess something you did not have before. And that is just the start.

Squeezing and Fashioning

Immediately after God speaks something into creation, He takes the second step: He forms. First God said, "Let Us make man" (Gen. 1:26). He "created man in His own image" (Gen. 1:27). How did God do it? By forming him.

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being (Genesis 2:7).

Most people are in a big hurry. "Lord, I need to hear from You right now," they pray. But when God speaks, we don't always see the final product instantly. After He creates us, He begins the process of squeezing each contour and fashioning each profile. And all the time He is watching our response.

I once was asked, "If God

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