A True Prophet

What if a true prophet—a true follower of the King—is not designed to stand by while all around them falls but instead is created to be the one who walks into the storm to engage—and yes, even confront—the almighty God? What if the One who created us is not unaware of the storm that surrounds us but rather is desperately searching for someone who will finally run to Him with these many burdens and invite His mighty power to intervene in them? What if He is willing to be confronted by someone He created?

What if the main purpose for the people He created is His interaction with them and through them in order to bring glory and fame to His name? What if a conduit for His glory and fame is what He has been seeking all along? What if He has stayed His hand simply because none of His creation has come to Him offering to be used by Him in this way?

What if we have had it all wrong? Because doesn’t the prophet’s situation feel a bit like today? Doesn’t it feel as though the wicked are winning? Doesn’t it feel as though the pleas of the righteous are being ignored? Doesn’t it feel as if millions are suffering injustice and the justice of God is all too often absent? Doesn’t it feel like your cries for solutions are being shouted into the void?