I’ve heard a fair amount of prophetic “bad news” lately from various reliable sources. Don’t worry about how you feel about that yet, read on…
When I hear this or that bad thing is about to happen here or there, my response is simple:
Not if I can help it.
Why?
If we look at the (fairly well known) lords prayer we notice we are given a simple prayer model to follow which should inform our prayers and choices in life as well. To quote from it:
“Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven”
This is the Father’s (of Jesus) plan, this is what he wants, good things happening everywhere, not bad things. In the kingdom of heaven we read that there is all manner of good things, and no bad things. Simply put, it’s heavenly.
Our response to foresight that shows bad things happening, from any source regarding any area (financial, relational, economic, spiritual, etc) should be something along the lines of “Not if I can help it” and it most often is. So when we hear of our national economies going down the tubes, or something else rather nasty, we have the right and/or ability to do something about it in a practical/natural sense, but we also have a right and a mandate to pray and act towards something heavenly happening. I’m not perfect in either actions or prayer, but at the very least this understanding informs and motivates my actions and prayers, and that can’t be bad.
I hope that is a good start at explaining what we do with prophetic messages of impending bad… pray and act for the opposite. I’m open to preparation as well, but that comes after I pray and act for the opposite…a Churchill quote is probably in order here…but I’ll leave it be :)
Jon

