Coats and Hats and the Prophetic

I have been noticing recently in #thischristianlife especially as a New Year starts that we tend to be super keen to find out exactly what God is saying. We look for Prophetic words to start our year off well or we've had an obscure prophetic word that sounds so tantalising that we've been holding on to it for years- and wonder if this year is the year where it unfolds even though it doesn't quite make sense.


We are like someone walking on the path when suddenly a wise man appears and hands you a hat and says "here this hat is for you." Because we've always wanted a nice warm hat we put it on. Further on the path we see a Wise Woman. This Woman gives you a scarf and you wrap it around your neck and marvel at it's length. By the time you  have finished walking down that section of the path you may be covered in head to foot with articles of clothing! You may even have gone to such lengths as seeing the Coat Man in the distance you run up to him and beg him to give you a coat...you may end up with one two sizes too small for you that you spend half an hour squeezing into it..... But you don't care you have a COAT from the COAT MAN!!!

You know what we're really supposed to do is to visit the Father in the House on the Hill daily (all pathways lead to his house). As you enter through the door which is also left open.  As  you enter whenever you wish because he always longs to see us.. you  place the coats and hats and scarves on the hooks in the hallway set up exactly for that purpose and go into the Lounge Room where he is sitting by the Fire and drink tea and chat. As you do he'll show you the path you're supposed to be walking and what articles of clothing you'll need. You might find that the Coat you squeezed into?.. Definitely NOT yours because it's a WINTER COAT and your path is  a  path near the ocean and full sun where you'll need togs and towel and sunnies! He'll approve the hat you were given and explain how to wear it well  and you'll be prepared for your walk down the path and you'll even have inside tips into how to know which people you should accept the articles of clothing because you're not chasing the articles of clothing anymore you know where you are going because you have a deep relationship with the Father.

This year I know I want to be chasing the very heart of the Father yes, any Prophetic words I happen to receive I will examine but I will ALWAYS take them to the Father and see what He has to say about them and only receive the ones that He approves of (because they came from Him anyway!)