Divine Calling

Answer: Almighty God — His call, His Revelation, His Empowerment, His Abiding Presence

• Isaiah 6:8-9: His call and commissioning.
• Numbers 12:6: His direct revelation via visions and dreams.
• Acts 2:17: His Spirit empowers prophecy for all.
• John 15:5: Abiding in Christ yields spiritual fruit.
• John 16:13: His Spirit of truth guides into all revelation.
• Amos 3:7: His plan and purpose.

Scriptural Foundations for the Prophetic Calling

These verses trace the distinct yet overlapping calls of prophets and all believers—equipping, proclaiming, and walking in holiness. Anyone who fails to live this out cannot be a prophet of the Lord.

A prophet’s primary task is to deliver God’s message with utter faithfulness—sometimes to strengthen and encourage, other times to correct, warn, or call to repentance—always serving God’s purposes for His people, whether that be maturity and unity, repentance and restoration, or steadfastness in trial. (Ephesians 4:11-13; 1 Corinthians 14:3; Jeremiah 1:9-10; 2 Corinthians 10:8)

A prophet must proclaim God’s truth to whoever God sends them—whether to the gathered assembly, a faithful remnant, or a rebellious generation—for encouragement, correction, warning, or preparation, all according to God’s purpose at the time (Jeremiah 1:7-10; Ezekiel 3:17-19; Revelation 3:19-22).

2 Timothy 1:9 "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began."

Philippians 3:14 "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light."

Psalm 24:3-4 "Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."

Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."

On a more personal note

From my earliest memories, the Lord has often given me Spirit-borne glimpses or visions of things yet to come — sometimes because there was a purpose I needed to know, and other times simply because He chose to reveal it. These encounters have varied in intensity: some urgent warnings, others quiet stirrings of curiosity I never even voiced, yet in every case they’ve unfolded exactly as He showed me.

Christians must completely avoid clairvoyance and all occult practices, but we may freely receive the biblical gifts of the Spirit, including:
Visions and dreams (Acts 2:17-18; 2 Kings 6:12; Daniel 2:22)
The Word of Wisdom and the Word of Knowledge (1 Corinthians 12:8)
Prophecy (1 Corinthians 12:10)
Discernment of hearts and spirits (1 Corinthians 12:10;John 4:17-18; Acts 5:3-4)

This kind of thing happens all the time:
John 1:48 "Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee."

After the same manner, the Lord has sometimes told me things I could not have known — a name, a place, a fact — much like Elisha, who “told the king of Israel the very words spoken in the king’s bedroom” (2 Kings 6:12). Such moments are God’s way of showing that He sees, He knows, and He is present in all things.

Even as a very young child, I would pray to God, long before anyone told me of Him. There was already an awareness of His presence—the One who was always watching and protecting me. This deep connection was both scary and beautifully profound.

Less than a week after my fifth birthday, just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, I heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time. It occurred to me that this was something my God would do: become a man, live the perfect life we couldn’t, and die for our sins so that we might live. I realized that Christ’s sacrifice was God Himself made manifest, and that night I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.

At that moment, you might say I became a Christian.

However, the Spirit of the Lord was still speaking to me. He told me that there was something missing; that I needed to give my life to God — all of it: past, present, future. Even as a child, I knew that this was most likely impossible. Nevertheless, I decided, believed, that God could do this thing. So I trusted Him, and gave my life to God.

The moment I gave my life to God, His Holy Spirit came into me, and I was born alive in Christ. Without hesitation or reservation, He answered every question I had and more concerning salvation.

So I found a man in a suit and tie and told him that I had given my life to God. He wondered if a such a young child could understand, so he asked me many questions. Eventually, he informed me that I needed water baptism. But I didn't want to, because I had just been baptized by the Spirit of God, the only true Baptism. So he explained to me that this water baptism was commanded by God. So I obeyed God and got wet as an act of obedience, as a public witness that my salvation had already been secured.

After this, I wanted to learn more, and committed myself to reading the entire Bible through. A tall order for someone who wasn't in Kindergarten yet. God gave me the ability to read, enough to get by. So I got my mother's big Bible and giant dictionary and started reading through the Holy Bible.

It took a while, but when I reached Isaiah I saw the exact words of my secret prayers in God’s Word — sometimes just a phrase, sometimes a whole verse. But how was this possible? In Jeremiah I discovered entire prayers I had whispered, and by Lamentations I was completely shaken.

(Note: these were the exact words. However, as a child I did not use King James English, and since I didn’t yet know about Israel, I was praying for God’s people.)

Here and there in Lamentations, I read my own prayers to God — sometimes many verses in a row. Somehow the passionate prayers of a little four-year-old boy were right there in the Holy Bible, etched as if in stone for all eternity.

From that time on, I had the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance on one side and the giant Webster's Dictionary on the other side as I continued to read, and began memorizing verses.

And then the little miracles started happening. Quiet, little miracles. God was doing these small wonderful things for me and He still does them to this day. Each one whispers, "I Love You."

📜 From childhood, God has made Himself unmistakably real to me — through salvation and a lifelong stream of Spirit-given visions, prophetic revelations, and countless moments when He revealed things I could not have known. Some have come in urgent, life-altering moments; others in the simplest of days, even in small matters, each one reminding me that He is present, watching, and actively involved.

God reveals hidden things

Amos 3:7 — “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.”

Daniel 2:22 — “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.”

Job 12:22 — “He uncovers deep things out of darkness and brings the shadow of death to light.”

God sees and knows all

Hebrews 4:13 — “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”

Psalm 139:1-4 — “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me… Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.”

God’s nearness and guidance

Isaiah 30:21 — “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’”

Acts 2:17 — “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.” (See Joel 2:28-32)