Have you ever received a prophecy?

Have you ever been told of a miracle coming your way but after a long time, you saw no miracle?

Have you ever wondered why despite the fact that the preacher was genuine and inspired, the prophecy was never fulfilled?

“Or was he lying? ” you might have asked within yourself.

Well, he was not lying 😊

Romans 3 vs 4 says, “Let God be true but every man a liar ”.

Those prophecies were totally true. Why didn’t they happen? You ask.

Truth is, certain prophecies are not assurances that a certain thing will happen in your life! They are not.

What do I mean?

Take for example, a high ranking official in the government promises to give you a job, a well paying job.

Knowing how genuine this man is, you immediately become rest assured that the job is now yours.

Though he has promised you the job, you still have your part to play in getting it. You have to prepare and submit your CV and prove to be competent in an interview. The job will only be yours when these procedures have been followed.

Getting blissful prophecies to manifest in our lives is similar to this.

Prophecy has two major purposes,

1. Faith

2. Alignment

Prophecy strengthens our faith in God. It gives us the assurance of a better future in spite of the difficulties we may be experiencing.

Prophecy is also released to put us in alignment with God’s will.

However, that a good promise has been prophesied to us does not mean it will automatically come true.

It is not magic. You have a part to play in its fulfilment.

1 Timothy 1:18
“This charge I commit to you…. according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare”

In the aforementioned verse, Paul admonishes is that the prophecies and promises that God has made to us aren’t just released to make us feel good.

They are given to us to equip us for spiritual warfare. In the text, Paul charges us to wage a good warfare with the prophecies.

This is because there exist several powers and forces that will fight against us in our Christian journey.

This is further revealed in Ephesians 6:12;

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

These principalities and powers are working daily to bring obstacles and hindrances our way. Their mission is to ensure we do not achieve our God-given purpose.

It is with God’s revealed promises and prophecies that we pray and stop their activities. So when you see poverty in your life even when God has promised you great wealth, do not relax thinking it will come true.

The Prophecy did not come to make you relax, it came to equip you to fight for its fulfilment. Go to God in prayer and constantly remind Him of His Promise to you.

Keep declaring it in your life. Even when everything around you seems to contradict the promise, keep declaring it and praying for its fulfilment.

When we do this, we nurture the seed of Prophecy to germinate and become a reality in our lives.

What is that promise that God has given you? What positive prophecy have you received that has not come into manifestation yet?

Now is the time to go to God and remind Him of the promise and demand for its fulfilment!

Whether it is long life or business opportunities or a prosperous future, keep praying with it and expecting its fulfilment in your life.

WRITTEN BY TOLU-TAIWO VICTOR