Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing,
but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Amos 3:7

The Servant of the Lord

The prophet is an employee of God. He is not man’s slave. The prophet’s allegiance is to God first. Let me explain. First, the prophet does serve people, but he is responsible and accountable to God. He is not to speak what people want him to say when speaking from his office. He is to speak for his boss. As the prophet is the ambassador of heaven sent into the earth to make God’s decrees, he receives his words from God, not from man. He is not to use God’s mouth to decree men’s vain pleasures, but God’s proclamations.

God’s servant, the prophet, is not to speak what others desire him to speak, but what the Father desires. I remember years ago a friend took me to look at a house that he wanted to buy. I perceived why he took me there even though he didn’t say. He wanted me to prophesy the house to him. But the Lord told me as we pulled up that he was not going to get the house. So my friend asked if I had anything to say. I told him that I did not. I knew that I was to either say what God says or nothing at all. So I chose to say nothing at all about the matter. Grant it, it may feel uncomfortable being silent, but the prophet of God has to be as comfortable in silence as he is in proclaiming the words of God. Both are serving God’s purpose. Just as your mouth is not always running, God’s mouth is not always running either. The prophet serves people, but he’s God’s servant to people.

Now as a servant, the prophet is charged to do what God says to do. Often the prophet is seen as God’s spokesman…and indeed he is. But the manner in which the prophet speaks may vary. The prophet may speak in words or in demonstration of the Spirit. His job is to convey God’s message to mankind in the manner the Father deems fit. But not only is the prophet to speak God’s dccrees, He is often tasked with doing supernatural feets in behalf of God. So the prophet may be used by God to heal the sick, raise the dead and other such things, as his ministry dictates. He is to serve to mankind whatever Heaven decrees.

A closing thought about the prophet as God’s servant

A servant doesn’t decide what he will do, but rather he is told what to do. Likewise, when operating from his office, the prophet understands that it is his job to go where he is told, to do what he’s told to do and to say what he’s told to say. The prophet is not to operate as one who serves self, or has his own agenda, but he embrasses the agenda of the God who sent him.