Knowing True Prophets And How God Speaks

Thursday 3rd October 2019 Prayer Devotion

Scripture Reading:- 1 Kings 22:1-38

Topic:- Knowing True Prophets And How God Speaks

Text:- 1 Kings 22:28

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord’s voice.
The young man couldn’t help but wonder, does God still speak to people? After service, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.
It was about ten o’clock when the young man started driving home. And he prayed. “God, if you still speak to people, speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey.”
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, “God is that You?” He didn’t get a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk came. The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn’t recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.
Okay God, in case, if that is You, I will buy the milk. It didn’t seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk.
He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he passed seventh street, he again felt the urge. Turn down that street.
This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down seventh street. At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down seventh.
Half-jokingly, he said out loud. “Okay God I will.” He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a semi-commercial area of town. It wasn’t the best but it wasn’t the worst of neighborhoods either. The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed.

Again, he sensed something. Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street. The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep.
He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat. “Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid.” Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk. Finally, he opened the door.
“Okay God, if this is You, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something, but if they don’t answer right away, I am out of here.”
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man’s voice yelled out. Who is it? What do you want? Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his jeans and t-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn’t seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.
What is it? The young man thrust out the gallon of milk. Here, I brought this to you. The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway. Then from down the hall came a woman, carrying the milk towards the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying.
The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and half crying. We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn’t have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk. His wife in the kitchen yelled out, “I asked Him to send an angel with some milk. Are you an angel?
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man’s hand. He turned and walked back to his car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew that God still speaks and answers prayers.

Test Of A True Prophet:
The existence of Prophets during the period of the O.T. presented a number of problems, one of which was how to distinguish between the true and false ones. Turbulent times, during which the people wanted to hear words of hope and security.
1. One of the tests by which the people could distinguish a true Prophet from a false one, i.e. if the Prophet’s message did not come true as predicted, he was a false Prophet. See 1 Kings 22:28.
2. A true Prophet was that he had to have the ability, as a sign of God’s calling, to perform miracles. See Exodus 4:6.
3. The most important test of a true Prophet, was that the content of his message had to be consistent with all prior revelation, i.e. the Bible. See Deut. 13:1-3; 1 John 4:1-3.
4. And lastly, the true test of a Prophet was given by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they will be known by their fruits. See Matt 7:15-20.

Prayer Point:- Lord God! Make me Your mouth piece indeed, in the name of Jesus Christ.

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Pastor Timothy Ogundele-Jesu

Pastor Timothy Ogundele-Jesu

Pastor Tim Ogundele_Jesu is a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and an apostle by the grace of God. He has been used by God prominently in the area of salvation, healing, blessing, and especially deliverance.

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