Anyway getting on to devotion, for today i read Ezekiel 13:1-9 which is about people who prophesy falsely..
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: 'Hear the word of the LORD! 3 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing! 4 Your prophets, O Israel, are like jackals among ruins. 5 You have not gone up to the breaks in the wall to repair it for the house of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the LORD. 6 Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. They say, "The LORD declares," when the LORD has not sent them; yet they expect their words to be fulfilled. 7 Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, "The LORD declares," though I have not spoken?
8 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
After reading this i got a bit worried, how on one end i want to see visions, and want to claim by faith the visions that God has given me. However on the other hand i don't want to one those people prophesy according to my own spirit and just prophesy for the sake of looking good in front of others..Well at least i don't think thats my problem, my problem would be after having a vision, not being sure if it's from God or from myself..and even after believing by faith that it's from God, i wouldn't dare to say it. But i learnt that there are people who would have visions that are not from God, but from their own spirit..and because of that we always got to be careful of what different people say to us. If it's the pastor's we can trust them, but we have to be careful of random people who just come up to us and say they had a vision for us. We always have to wait for God's confirmation first before acting upon that vision.
I sometimes find it hard to really differentiate between a vision that God gave me, compared to a vision that came into my mind that wasn't from God, but from myself instead. Sometimes whenever i try to keep a blank mind and empty everything that i'm thinking out, i get the reverse effect and more images start pouring into my head..but then there are times where this totally random picture that i've never seen before comes into my head for no apparent reason at all, then i'm pretty sure that thats from God.
That's why i pray that i become more sensitive to the Holy Spirit, that my spiritual eyes and ears be open to the Holy Spirit, and that i may become more discerning. I want to be so in tune with the Holy Spirit that i'll be able to feel every slight change in the spiritual atmosphere, and that i'll just be walking in the spirit totally.
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