God’s Word is not separate from His nature. That is why we know Him through His Word in scripture. Prophecy is also God’s Word and should display not only knowledge, but God’s heart as well.
His Heart is unchanging. God still loves holiness and hates evil. He is still merciful and still judges. We can see it in His Word. Though we may prefer to think of Him one way, yet the scriptures are broad and we find that God’s nature is high above all our summations of His character.
If we hear God speaking and yet have not heard why He is speaking we miss portraying a part of Who He is. If we guess at why He is speaking then our prophecy will become polluted, for there are many reasons the Lord would share information with His people.
Some prophecies originate from the heart of men and not from the heart of God. They are carnal and fail to portray the nature of God. If the speaker is permissive, for instance, then the prophecy will be permissive with a heavy emphasis on mercy and a lessening of the impact of sin. The speaker will be unable to set the receiver free, and removes the opportunity for cleansing by his misrepresentation of the heart and character of God.
A man who is tutored under the correcting hand of the Holy Spirit learns not only to hear God’s words, but to hear His heart. In the mind, the Holy Spirit divides the man’s carnal nature from God’s holiness (Heb 4:12-13). By this process we are daily faced with choices. We can embrace the carnal and forget the nature of God we were shown, or we can embrace God’s nature and put our carnality to death.
One who continues to hear and embrace God’s nature will be sensitive to listening for the “why” God speaks what He speaks. This man will not prophesy information alone, neither will he add his own understanding. This man will listen and speak the full council of God so that others might know Him. Amen
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