Beyond negative circumstances (Part 6)
Today I will talk about the fourth group on the reaction of Christians when dealing with problems.
4. Those who feel insecure and run after Prophets
Christians of the fourth group feel insecure when things do not work and since their faith is not strong enough to wait for the answer from the Lord, they often run behind Prophets and very often they attach themselves to the false prophets. It has been over ten years since I had the chicken faith and when I was going through difficult times in my life, I was always after the so-called prophets. As soon as a prophet came from Rwanda or Congo I was informed and I was among the first on the waiting list. I remember we were on the queue as if we were waiting for a doctor for a medical consultation.
Those who act in this way are no different from those who consult witchdoctors because we go there with the intention to know the future. I heard that there are Christians who cannot travel without the consent of a prophet. If a prophet consents to guide your life so that you to do nothing without him, he is a false prophet who wants to control your life by replacing the Holy Spirit. This happened in the Old Testament when only the prophet of God could communicate with God. But today in the New Testament, we have the Holy Spirit and the prophet merely confirms what God has already said or can inform us of things to come but it's up to us to make the decision.
There are two kinds of prophets; there are prophets who announced the plans of God and prophets who announce Satan plans. True prophets announce God's plans, encourage and edify his people while the false prophets announced the plans of Satan, spread fear and despair.
If a so called prophet announces a terrible war that will take millions of lives and says it is God's plan and worse says it is useless to pray because it is the will of God for it to happen, he is animated by a spirit of fear and especially to destroy the faith of Christians. False prophets will tell you that only the righteous survive storms and war, and the sinners and the wicked will die but the Word says that God does not want the death of one sinner (2 Peter 3: 9).
Those who have the eagle faith are not intimidated by the false prophecies of doom, but they rise above through prayer in order to enable the fulfilment of God’s plans here on earth.
In the seventh part, I will talk about the fifth group of Christians
Chris Ndikumana
