Why Is Character Important In Prophetic Ministry?
This is the first of a series of articles/discussion starters on what might be called God’s character curriculum for prophets and prophetic people. We just spent 10 weeks doing intensive equipping with the gifts of the Spirit and particularly the gift of prophecy. I strongly believe we can, and in fact, have a mandate from Eph. 4 to equip, train and activate the prophetic giftings within believers. But while we can master the skill of “message giving”, the Holy Spirit also has an agenda to make the messenger as well as the message. It is interesting to note that Balaam, whose story is in the book of Numbers, delivered very accurate prophetic words, and even gave the only Messianic prophesy recorded in the book of Numbers, but was called a false prophet in the New Testament. Why?.. It was a character issue. So God goes about making the messenger as well as giving him the message. At issue is the reality that leadership in the Kingdom of God functions quite differently than leadership in
