The word Prophesy means: to utter by or as if by divine inspiration, to predict with assurance or on the basis of mystic knowledge. Prophesy is spoke of multiple times in the bible in Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 13:9 and many more. Sometimes when people say to us that they heard from God we are a little hesitant to believe them right away. This is for many reasons, I believe it is because "hearing from God" is misused by some and sometimes the words we think we hear from God as a matter of fact are not from him but from ourselves. One thing I absolutely love is when someone tells me they hear from God and as I do believe them I also think well it might not be true but when it happens its so overwhelmingly great.
When I was in college, I was at a retreat with the student ministry I was a part of and we had a guest speaker. She was an older women and you could tell she was very in tune with the Lord by the way she spoke of him. You could see the love she had for him in her eyes and hear the hurt from her heart when she spoke of those that don't know him. She spoke to the whole group of us about following God whole hearted and then asked if we wanted extra prayer we could stay after service. Naturally I stayed (who doesn't want extra prayer from someone you think is "holier" than you) and she began praying over us one by one. As she came to each individual girl she would say something she felt like God laid on her heart for us to hear. She came to me and asked if I needed special prayer, I begin to say the typical things; school, work, balancing life etc. She prayed over those things for me then all of the sudden looked up at me and said "every time I look at you all I can see is your feet". I thought what in the world does that even mean. She said she would be in prayer for clarity and understanding for her word of prophesy. She went around to a few other girls and suddenly turned back to me and said "I see your feet in many countries, your feet will be tired and you will bring gods word to those who haven't heard". I thought hm…I don't even want to be a missionary she is obviously wrong. None the less I still wrote this moment in time down in my journal.
As the years passed I never thought about that moment again just looked past it. In the past few years God has very much so laid missions on my heart. I now know missions is not a mindset but a type of life. Being a missionary doesn't just mean you travel over seas but you are also spreading God around wherever God has placed you at anytime. A few days ago I was reading through old journeys and read the one where the lady prophesied to me about my feet and when she spoke that I had no clue and now that I read it again I think wow…I had no clue what God was doing in my life but he knew. He knew I didn't have a heart for those things now but that down in my heart I did and he just hadn't revealed it to me yet. He revealed it to me at the right time just when it was suppose to be. He totally spoke to that lady that day and its crazy to think back on it now. My feet will be walking and in different countries this time next year and starting in July. God is so cool and crazy. He knows everything. He knew the desires of my heart before I even knew them. That gives me so much confidence about the future knowing that how could I leave my future and decisions up to anyone more perfect? I couldn't. He is the God of this universe and he has my life planned out already. God is speaking to us we just need to listen. I am in awe.
