God is a God of Order, therefore everything that He speaks
or will speak is done with order. This is true going back to the genesis of
mankind. On each particular day of creation, He orderly created the heavens and
the earth. When He speaks, every Word God speaks is spoken in order. This is
why a prophet may receive a Word from God, but has to wait the orderly time and
season to bring it forth. Otherwise, the Word will be spoken prematurely or
from a prophet of whom God did not intend to speak. Not every Word that is
heard from God is to be spoken. As a prophet you have to know if God wants you
or another prophet to speak. Never be eager to speak a Word to anyone! This is
a trick in which the powers of darkness uses to cause a prophet to be
out-of-order. Wait until God speaks through you, even if it means holding or
pondering the prophetic word.
If the prophetic word is to be spoken, it will come forth!
This was the case with Jeremiah. The Word was so alive within him that when he
tried to hold it in, it was like fire within his bones. However Ezekiel said he
would stand watch to see what God wanted him to speak to the people. Either
way, what is spoken must be done in order.
Order also is seen among the prophets. Seasoned prophets
should be more wiser and more experienced in the Prophetic Word. God uses more
seasoned prophets who have not become contaminated, to speak with clarity and
accuracy the Word of God. However, God can and often does call an unseasoned
prophet to prophesy, as in the case of the Prophet Amos, (who was not a prophet
originally, but a fruit farmer) to speak what He normally would give to a more
seasoned prophet. Order in the prophetic is determined only by God. God shifts that order sometimes to keep those
who are seasoned humble, and so that we will know that what we speak, we have
no authority to speak, and can have no idea what to say, unless God through us
speaks!
Then there are cases where seasoned prophets are
used to correct the errors of those who are new to the prophetic mantle. When
this happens, the unseasoned prophet should seek clarity from God, and use the
wisdom of those who no doubt have made the same or similar mistakes as they
have grown in the prophetic mantle. However, again when seasoned prophets
become arrogant and contaminated, God also will use unseasoned prophets to
correct them. All of it is about knowing that we are no more than vessels and
mouth pieces. Therefore none of us are "all that". I like to think of
it as being mail carriers. We only carry and deliver God's mail - not write or
create it. This in and of itself should keep us in divine prophetic order.
