What My Son Taught Me About Being a Prophet
“Children are born without fear.” A part of me always knew about this statement, but I never truly understood it until… I became a mother and my little boy started crawling and took his first nosedive off the bed one morning. Morning cuddles went from a time of relaxing with my adorable bundle of joy, to a time of intense adrenaline. I was jumping at the slightest hint of a movement for fear of another bump taking up residence on my poor boy’s forehead… And the worst part wasn’t the fall! It was the fact that he feared nothing because mommy was there, and even though I let him down, he still loved me and wanted me to comfort him.
I felt like such a terrible mother! Cue the #MommyGuilt, as I vowed to never let him fall or hurt himself again. However, those with children (and boys especially) know how silly that sounds because not even a few days later… he did it again! After a few more days of tumbles and slips as he mastered the art of racing through the house on his hands and knees, I realized I could neither control everything he did, nor how he learned. I could only be there to comfort and teach him the correct way to respond to falling flat on his bum.
Once I got that, I realized how much I was trying to control my own circumstances and the circumstances of others to save them from the hurt of falling on their faces, when they had made all the wrong decisions (in my eyes at least). That day, as I picked up my son to kiss his head for the hundredth time, and then watched him go out to conquer the world with his toothy grin once more, I learned that I am not God! It is not up to me to make sure everyone gets it right. All I can and need to do is stand there to lift them up after they have fallen for the hundredth time, dust them off (if they are willing), teach them how to improve, and then send them off again.
Our job as prophets, is not to make sure everyone makes the right decisions, and no one sins. It is merely to stand at the foot of the cross and to help the people get off it. We are to wrap the body in frankincense and myrrh so that when they rise up again, they have what they need to continue on the path God has set before them.
So, prophet, today I challenge you: Do not get offended or angry that someone keeps making the wrong decisions, but look at where you can help teach and support them through their process. Do not teach them how you want to teach them, or have them learn what you think (or even know) they should learn, but get the wisdom of how to guide them along their walk.
I know about what age my son should crawl and walk, but just because I know when he should, and what the end goal should look like, does not mean that is how he will get there. Perhaps he wants to run before he can crawl, or climb before he can walk! It is up to his individual process and I have no control over that. I can only stand beside him, pick him up when he falls, and put him right back against that chair.
DEBORAH-ANNE VELTHUYSEN
PROPHET, PRINCIPAL AMI PROPHETIC SCHOOL
Position: Prophetic School Co-Principal, Trainer, "Mrs. I don't always have the answer but Jesus does!"
Strengths: Faith in everyone with a call, BOLDNESS!
Weakness: Tendency to get the "troubled ones" in her prophetic school
Description: If anyone was going to spearhead a prophetic movement it would be this woman right here! Having done just about everything you can do right and wrong in your prophetic training, Deborah uses this experience and hard-earned anointing to raise up prophets to the prophetic office. There is always hope for anyone who starts their prophetic training! She will bite like a bulldog and hold on tightly until the Lord Himself tells her to let go!
Working alongside her husband they stand as equals raising a generation of prophets who are going to build the kingdom of God, tear down the works of the enemy, and bring the bride of Christ into a face-to-face relationship with Jesus. Look out devil because these prophets are coming for you and they will not be stopped!
