Aug 15, 2024 Daily Devotion

Living as God’s Message

Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.

Matthew 10:41

In the Do the word blog the author summarizes what it means to receive a prophet’s reward. So the first thought that should come to mind is: Life is not so easy for prophets. Prophets are people who are completely identified with God’s message. They’re not people who have a message from God. They are the message from God. Prophets have no message of their own. They can only say, “Thus saith the Lord!” Prophets are like the human versions of angels: the messengers of God.

So the prophet has to deliver the message. If they don’t, the fire that is shut up inside their bones burns them up. But here’s the problem: once they deliver their message, the people who hear the message light a fire from the outside that burns up their bones anyway!

That’s the nature of being a prophet: Either get burned up from the inside by God or burned up from the outside by those who don’t like what God has to say. In the Bible, false prophets get stoned for telling a lie. True prophets get stoned for telling the truth.