The prophet's belt

I see a man standing on a battle field. The armour which he is wearing is engraved with the same pattern from the hynotism disc and the prism, which I am now taking as a sign of the prophetic gift. So this guy is a prophet, strongly annointed in prophecy.

In turn I see all the pieces of is armour. His helmet, his breasplate, even his shoes engraved with this same prophetic crest.

Finally though I see his belt, it is engraved with the crest, but it is hanging loose- it hasn't been done up properly.

Turn with me now to 1 Kings 18, verse 46. Elijah, the prophet, is about to put into action the word which the Lord has spoken to him. He tightens his belt, tucks his robe in, and sets off running. The belt speaks of action.

We are not called to simply sit around and talk about what the Lord is going to do, or even what he is doing. Why does God speak to his people? To encourage them, to guide them, and to inspire them to action. He doesn't just speak so we can feel good about ourselves. The reason he gives us these visions is so we can take hold of them, live them out, make them real.

I see the face of the prophet- he doesn't even have a mouth. We don't have to speak to live prophetic lives. God has to speak, and we have to live it out.

As I once commented to a woman of God who new all about this,

"The real prophets are those who hear from God and do something about it. Not those who sit around talking about what the Lord is saying all the time."

So again, too many words...

Lord have mercy.