Economic uncertainty is all around us. Several Months ago Wall Street panicked as The Dow Jones Industrial
plummeted over 430 points. The value of the US Dollar is also at an all time low
and declining. The
unrest in the middle east is driving gasoline prices sky high world
wide. All this while liberal socialists promise to eliminate vital
tax cuts that would strengthen the economy to fund their earmarked
projects instead. But God’s people need not fear because there is no
recession in heaven. God knows where the provision is – and He tells
secrets to His servants the prophets (Amos 3:7).
Indeed, the prophetic mantle carries with it more than just a Word
in due season. Old Testament prophets often had a hand in
history-making natural and supernatural events. Their prophetic
utterances changed natural weather patterns, spiritual climates –
and even defied current economic conditions.
Prophets bring life to individuals and refreshing to local churches
through personal prophecy. But this is not the end all of prophetic
operations. Rather it is a stepping stone to the deeper things of
God. The Bible shows us that prophets have a role in the economy and
with governments.
For example, prophets of old often worked with government leaders of
their day. Much like Old Testament prophets that served kings of
natural governments, New Testament prophets serve apostles, which
are types of kings in terms of spiritual authority and spiritual
governments in the Kingdom of God.
Just as Old Testament prophets influenced cities, regions, nations –
and their governments – God’s modern day mouthpieces should aspire
to the same level of prophetic ability. Like Elijah, Elisha and
Joseph, New Covenant prophets should prepare themselves to go beyond
personal prophecy to impact personal, regional and national
economies.
Let’s look at how Elijah interacted with the personal economy of a
widow woman (1 Kings 17). We know that Elijah prophesied that it
would not rain according to his word. It was a prophetic word that
had major implications on the local economy because nothing grows in
a drought. It is important to remember that the prophet did not
speak the will of man rather the will of God.
After making this prophetic announcement, God sent Elijah to meet a
widow woman who was preparing a last meal for her and her son. She
expected to die of starvation. Her personal economy was in ruins.
Elijah offered personal prophetic instruction: Give me the food you
and your son were going to eat. She obeyed and that obedience, as we
know, unlocked a blessing in her life.
In effect, the prophet released a word that changed the widow’s
economy. He declared that her meal and oil would remain until the
Lord sent rain once again. His prophetic utterance changed her
financial situation. It was a provisional blessing that lasted three
years.
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Elijah’s spiritual son Elisha carried the same prophetic grace. His
double portion anointing impacted the economy of an entire region.
You’ll recall that during the days of Elisha’s ministry a great
famine was in the land. It was so extreme that a donkey’s head sold
for 80 pieces of silver and dove’s dung sold for five pieces of
silver at the local meat market (2 Kings 6:25). This vivid
illustration demonstrates the severity of the region’s economy.
Enter the Prophet Elisha. He prophesied a turning in the economy
that some found impossible to believe. He prophesied that by the
same time the next day, a measure of flour would sell for a shekel
and two measures of barley for a shekel. According to the word of
the Lord, the economy of the city was transformed in a single day.
He used a prophet to change a regional economy.
Let’s not forget Joseph’s prophetic dream – the one that sent him
into family conflict and left his life in turmoil. Joseph’s dreamed
symbolized his family bowing down to him. His father rebuked him for
it. His brothers tried to kill him for it. Indeed, Joseph was tried
by the word of the Lord until the time his vision came to pass
(Genesis 37).
Still, the favor of God was on his life and his prophetic gift
catapulted him into the purposes of God. After being in the pit and
the prison, Joseph found himself in the palace. It all started when
Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dream. The dream revealed seven years
of plenty and seven years of famine. Soon thereafter Joseph was
elevated to second in command of the nation. No man could lift his
hand or foot without him. He ruled over all Egypt.
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Joseph’s prophetic wisdom revealed a strategy that prepared the
nation for the times of famine. He stored all the food produced in
those seven years of abundance in Egypt. The Bible says he stored so
much that he had to stop keeping records because it was beyond
measure (Genesis 41). When all of Egypt began to feel the famine,
the people cried to Pharaoh for food and he told them to go to
Joseph and do “what he says.” So we see that a prophet sat in a
position of governmental authority, which eclipsed the ranks of
personal and regional prophecy, and impacted an entire nation’s
economy.
Where are the Elijahs, Elishas and Josephs today? Has the spirit of
isolation and one-man-show mentally hampered New Testament prophets
from achieving the effectiveness of their Old Testament
predecessors? Or are we merely satisfied with personal prophecy?
With the potential for economic crisis all around us, it’s time for
the Church to resist recession. It is time for the righteous to reap
the wealth of the wicked. And it is time for prophets to pursue the
King for prophetic insights into the economic times and seasons in
the world and make a godly impact on Wall Street and beyond.
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International economic crisis demands that prophets prepare themselves to move beyond personal prophecy into marketplace authority.
