Intro from Julie A. Smith:
How many of us take in deep wounds without even realizing it? It's not until those wounds surface, maybe even years later, that we realize they've been there, buried deep inside. This latest word by Steve Shultz will help you recognize those festered wounds and how to rid yourself of them. Steve had what he calls a "prophetic allergic reaction" to a wound he took in. God is faithful to bring those wounds to the surface, isn't He? We pray He does the same for you as you read through Steve's word.
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Steve Shultz:
I Just had a "Prophetic Allergic Reaction"
God always gets to pick the exact time and the specific place for everything HE chooses for us. His ways are very much unlike our ways, I can tell you that for sure. But I'm pretty sure you already knew that.
Recently one night, I went to bed early. I fell fast asleep and then, SUDDENLY, I was wide awake. Now, some people process issues of life just by thinking about them. As for me, I have to "express my feelings out loud" mostly, or it doesn't seem to get fully processed. I called my wife into the room, "I just had a prophetic allergic reaction!" I told her.
I have never used that expression before. I have never even thought of that expression. It just came to me in the same intensity of what I had just experienced—all at once, when I felt least able to resist it, I suppose.
"God Had Chosen this Exact Moment of Time to Put His Finger on a Subtle Wound I Had"
Quite some time ago, a very favorite relative of mine came to visit. By the way, he's still my favorite relative on that side of the family. He had worked long and hard to get my phone number. He had driven a great distance to see me. I had been out of touch for nearly a decade, so I was happy for this visit.
At the end of the evening, I was still happy for the visit—even gratified that he would take this time out of his life just for me. I felt flattered.
Then, a long time later, in the middle of the night—the night of this prophetic allergic reaction—I was suddenly awakened with a feeling of anger toward this relative I still love greatly. It was the first time I had even thought of the expression "prophetic allergic reaction." It seemed to happen all at the same time—the experience, the feelings, the phrase.
He had done nothing which could be classified as "wrong." Not at all. In fact, his motives were great! He wanted to tell me that he hadn't lived the life he knew he should have for years. He didn't give details and I didn't want to know anyway. As a result of his repentance, he had gotten baptized for the second time. Now, that's not required, but it doesn't hurt anything to be baptized again.
My problem was that God had chosen this exact moment of time to put His finger on a "subtle wound" I had taken in during this visit. Yet I was totally unaware I had even been wounded at all.
During our visit, he had been firm and unwavering that his denomination was the only one. I know this because I grew up as the fourth generation of that denomination's existence. I felt, at the time, I had taken all this conversation in stride. I didn't FEEL offended at all. Yet apparently, I had felt judged without even knowing it during his cordial visit. I tell you with all the fervor I have, that I did not feel offended.
It may confuse you when I use the phrase, "Prophetic Allergic Reaction." It shocked me to even get the phrase for the first time. It just means that God showed me I was having a "wounded reaction" I didn't expect and HE gave me that phrase—all at the same time. So on this date, at this time during my sleeping hours, God showed up, put His Finger deep within me and made me to realize what I had taken in as a form of wounding. I had no idea!
I quickly repented.
We all need to keep short accounts with God. If HE shows you or me something, we need to listen, learn, obey and repent—quickly—for our own good. So I did. I repented after realizing what was working deep within me all this time.
Deep Calls Unto Deep
The Bible says that "Deep calls unto deep..." (Psalm 42:7). This was an example of that. He who made the deep was calling deep within me to "Let go and let God" have His way. I complied and I was free again. I now had something that I could pass on to others as well.
We are complex creations of the ONE who said, "Let there be LIGHT" (Genesis 1:3). God was shining His light right into my spirit-man.
I've had many other similar types of experiences where I realized I had received a wound long ago, and each time I've had to deal with it. I'm sharing this experience because it's as prophetic as it gets. It might as well have been a direct encounter, face-to-face with God. But He, for some reason, knows the exact moment when a person is ready to hear about and deal with a given wound.
Respond to God When He Chooses the Time
It's good to practice the art of responding to God—right when HE chooses the time. I must warn you though, it will almost never be the time YOU would have picked. That's why the Word teaches us that HIS ways are NOT our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). Let me be just a bit more clear. He would not have bothered to tell us His ways are not our ways unless we would need this information throughout our lives.
I hope this real-life experience will be helpful to you.
Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher
The Elijah List & Breaking Christian News
http://www.elijahlist.com
