The Gift of Identification

    There are times in the Body of Christ we can totally miss  the real reason The Father reveals who a person is to us.
He will show authority, gifts, anointings, calling, purpose, glory, and other revelations about a leader to us
    When He reveals this to us, how we respond can be what stabilizes us in our walk, causes us to wander more or disqualifies us.

    We can desire to be operational so much that we do not connect the dots to show us the whole picture.
We can think that what is being given to us is for the person but it is intended to test us to see if we are ready for the next level of relationship and development.
    We can show our immaturity by trying to prophesy to someone who already fully knows who they are. This kind of revelation is meant to prepare us so we can honor the man or woman of God.

    We see the story of Christ questioning the Apostles in Matthew 16:13  When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

    This question not only revealed who could properly identify Christ but it was also a set up for the next question.

Matthew 16:16 "Who do you say that I am?"

    Did Christ need people to help Him understand who He was?
Absolutely not.
    Yet, what was needed was for men to identify Him to know who He is so that they may properly honor Him.
    The Apostles could not be taught and prepared fully unless they identified Him clearly.

Peter fulfilled this
 Matthew 16:16  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

1. You are the Christ. Denoting I know who you are in authority, assignment, calling, purpose.
2. You are the Son of God. I know where you came from and who gave you your power and authority.
3. Because they saw clearly they knew it mandated a correct response to the Messiah.

    This identification of Christ positioned Peter for the proclamation of blessing and set him even more into what he was called to do.

    Matthew 16:17  And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
 18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it

    I meet people all of the time who miss this basic prophetic protocol of identification.

    Proper identification of the correct authority is the key that releases true Kingdom proclamtions over our lives.

    What the Holy Spirit reveals to us about a leader is to help us get into proper alignment with who they are in the Kingdom.
We cannot properly honor who we cannot identify or discern.
This revelation from the Father is for our benefit and not for the one of whom He is revealing to us.
Ask yourself.
Who is God revealing to you?
What is The Father showing you about them?
Why is He revealing them as leaders to you?
Is it a Divine set up?

Many saw Christ and misidentified Him.
 Matthew 16:14  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

    Let us ask The Father to help us properly identify His leaders so we do not even unintentionally dishonor them.

In His Love,
Jesse Griffin