In the day of Thy power A people gathered for prayer
Away with the “One size fits all”-prophets
As we are called upon and drawn together for fellowship in His name as a House of Prayer – as a Solemn Assembly – the Lord will begin to deal with us as a unified body unto consensus, unto common understanding of his particular purpose for the gathered unit.
The “One size fits all”-prophets will speak to the many regarding God’s new plans for the new year in terms as vague as mist and shadows. There are no such thing as a general sweeping over the corporate assembly worldwide unto new prospects and blessings. We have heard and read hundreds of prophecies of this kind through the years – and nothing has changed as related to veracity and humility.
What the Lord expects is a well defined response to his word regarding fellowship and prayer according to redemptive purposes, revealed in each and every setting where men and women are brought together by the Holy Spirit for worship and priestly ministry – 1 Tim 2:8.
The vanity prophets’ predictions represents a pendulum swing from the separateness and individuality fostered in our churches for decades, to a general spiritual atmosphere of benevolence and prosperity in which all must take part of without discernment and objections. Both extremities are dead wrong according to heavenly measure. Both are firmly established in a rejecting of the work of the Cross of Christ.
The Lord, Jesus Christ, works according to specified purposes as he is building his Church – each and every unit set up for specified redemptive purposes in cities and societies of various kinds and fashions.
The only general idea, which is to be applied in every place, is the bringing forth of a people for His praise, a gathering of men and women for redemptive purposes – men and women who learn to hear from the Lord together, who learn to obey and act in unison according to revealed purposes.
Do not listen to the “One size fits all”-prophets. Learn to hear from the Lord on personal ground, learn to hear from God on prayer ground. Learn to hear from God in fellowship with dear saints, with dear friends. Learn to act together in terms of veracity and obedience for the sake of His specified redemptive purposes. This will bring proper heavenly testimony before the Gentiles – for the glory of our Lord and Saviour.
Lars Widerberg
