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Called as a Prophet

This testimony is about what occurred during the birth of my third son. It is not so much about his birth as what happened during that time. Stephen was born at home. He was the second child to be born at home. The first, John, was born with only Kathie and I there. Stephen’s birth included a midwife and her assistant.

Kathie’s deliveries were known to be very quick. Evan’s delivery occurred within 2 hours of Kathie’s water breaking. John’s birth was within 15 to 20 minutes. God had a different plan with Stephen. Kathie’s water broke at around 9:00 am. I awoke to the news that it had just broken. All I could think of was that John's birth was 20 minutes from when Kathie's water broke and that I only had 20 minutes until Stephen would be born. I began to pray for God's mercy because I was barely awake, let alone ready to handle the delivery. Kathie told me that there was not the intensity with the contractions as there was with John's birth. So we began taking the steps towards having Stephen.

Kathie called the midwife and things started in preparation for the birth. The midwife and her assistant showed up and started to monitor Kathie as she moved towards delivery. We were now ready, but the contractions didn’t escalate as fast as we were used to with the previous births. The midwife had indicated that she could wait 12 hours after the water breaking. If the delivery went beyond that, we would have to go to the hospital for delivery.

The midwife continued to monitor Kathie, and we continued to read and pray. We reached the 12 hour point and the contractions were no closer or stronger. The midwife told us that we were at the point where she would need to consider us going to the hospital for the delivery. That was not what I believed was right. She stopped and said that she was going to go outside for a while to let us work this through. At one point, I left to go outside and walk and pray in the alley behind our house. I prayed everything I knew to pray but there seemed to be no change in the spirit. While praying, I stopped and made a statement to God. I told Him that I would accept that He had called me as a prophet and that I would do what He wanted me to do. I immediately could tell that there was a change in the spirit. I went into to see what was happening with Kathie. She told me that she didn’t know what had just happened, but that a few minutes earlier, the contractions became obviously stronger. Things were moving now, and it happened when I had told God what I had.

We called the midwife and she came to our house. She checked Kathie and there was a change. Things began to move quickly, and within an hour God gave us the son He had promised. You might find it hard to believe that God would hold a delivery until I had acknowledged His plan for me. I have had a hard time believing that God called me as a prophet. None of my family believes there are prophets, let alone God has called me into that ministry. My unbelief, in addition to theirs’, hampered me. Regardless of what they believed, I and I alone am responsible for obeying God. I am finally at a point I am strong enough to resist them. I am getting to the point where their opinion doesn’t matter. I am called to be a prophet, called of God, regardless of what they think, and I will do God’s will. After I told God that I would do what He told me to do, I instead continued to do what I wanted to do. That's called being a liar and a hypocrite. God has told me it is time to obey Him and do what he wants me to do.

In the book of Matthew, chapter 13, vs., 54-58, Jesus talks about being a prophet. The people who knew Him, knew Him in the flesh. They were offended in Him. Jesus said that “ A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.”

My family is truly offended in me. They do not believe that I am called to be a prophet, nor do they believe in God. If they did, their actions would reflect it. The jezebel spirit that leads and controls my family wants to cut off the prophets. My family rejects my ministry and does not want me to speak to them as a prophet. They do not want to obey God and never have.

I thank God for His honor on my life, and thank Him for His grace to walk in this ministry. God has been speaking to me about it being time to obey Him and walk in the ministry of a prophet. He will lead me and I will follow Him. I do not expect my family or anyone else to embrace that. It doesn't matter. God is able to uphold His servant.