Prophecy?

Is there a good reason for prophecy? You betcha! The bible is full of it from beginning to end! Okay, so what is this “good reason?” I hope I can do this question good service.

Prophecy is a prediction of the future or a revelatory utterance. It tells us about something to come. For Christians it is a look ahead in time to what God Himself has said will happen. I don’t know about you but when “God” speaks, I am listening!

“It is the reason for my optimism”

Jesus Christ gave up His seat in heaven, died a gruesome death and rose from the dead to give me a glorious future and I NEED to know and prepare for what lies ahead! The coming events should excite my mind, comfort my heart and inflame my passion for loving others. I need NOT stand in fear! I believe that is exacly the reason God shows us the future. He want to “ENCOURAGE US“ to look forward to the rewards that lie ahead of us!

Prophecy helps us to understand the future and realize just how important it is to spread the gospel that bears His name. Others need to hear it too! It is also important that I allow it to motivate me to personal purity and give me hope in this world that offers me no real hope. Even though many don’t like to talk about prophecy, it is usually out of fear or a lack of faith. Sometimes it just serves to show us that it’s really not us who are in control, but GOD. HE IS SOVERGN!!!

I think that in the end, I will have no excuse for my “wandering in the desert” acting as if I don’t know what whats next. I will NOT have any excuses for my sinful acts nor will I blame my problems on being a victim to someone else! God’s book is FULL of stories of others who have gone through what I have, AND SO MUCH MORE! Prophecy leaves us with NO EXCUSES! We have been warned.

Sometimes prophecy can be “scary stuff!” The picture that some prophecy paints will curl your toes! War, famine, natural disasters and other events are hard to wrap your mind around. The good news for Christians is that they have been offered an escape from many of those awful future events. God has provided for His children better than any man or woman can for theirs. He will snatch us up in the same way we would snatch our children out of the path of a speeding car.

“The best reason for prophecy is how it reveals to us just how good He is to US!”

Prophecy might show us awful things that will come but He is a “Good Good Father” and would never leave us in ignorance or to fend for ourselves. He told us what is coming and has given us His Spirit to guide us through it all! If that doesn’t give you peace about what lies ahead, just ask! He will give you a dose of His supernatural peace to go with that revelation.

My optimism lies in believing that good WILL ultimately prevail over evil and because of what Jesus Christ did, I NEED NOT FEAR the future but embrace it with high hopes AND great expectation!