My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Psalm 22:1 (KJV)

This verse from Psalm 22 is a clear prophetic reference to the crucifixion of Jesus. Such prophecies are found all through the Old Testament, specifically pointing to the Savior. Yesterday, Jim started us off with a list of prophetic references, including prophetic promises and predictions, as well as ways the prophetic is released. Today, we are going to continue by discussing prophecy in the lives of believers today.

It’s been said that we are the prophets of our own lives. I would agree with that statement. Our words carry power to create, just like God’s words. We are made in His image and likeness and He gave us power to use our words to create. The problem is that we can create good things with our words or bad things with our words. What we say today goes ahead of us to create our tomorrows.

You will also declare a matter, and it will be established unto you; and the light will shine upon your ways. Job 22:28 (Modern English Version, MEV)

Regardless of whether people believe in prophecy or the Biblical foretelling of the future, each and every believer operates in the prophetic, by speaking words out of their mouth to express what they expect. Because words carry creative power, what we say will come to pass- especially things said repeatedly and things we say that we believe. Releasing words verbally releases their manifestation. And consider the fact that we can release our words over other people’s lives. What we say has consequences- both good and bad, so it is imperative that we watch what we say.

As we speak, we prophesy our destiny- and often that of other people. Therefore, let’s speak forth good things from the Word of God so our tomorrows are bright. As we continue to weave threads of prophecy into our own lives, let’s be sure to create something beautiful.