You Are His Mouthpiece
1 Corinthians 12:27 – Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
Christ reveals Himself to the world through you.
Jesus can – and does – directly reveal Himself to people supernaturally, but one of the primary ways people encounter Him is by coming in contact with His Body. The same things that happened when Jesus physically walked on the earth should still be occurring today when people experience Him through His Body. The unseen parts of your being – your spirit and soul – are who you really are, but your body gives a physical expression to the real you. Just like your body expresses who you really are, the body of Christ reveals Him to the world.
It’s a miraculous and humbling thing that He chose to do it that way in spite of all the people He knew would be involved. The fire and brimstone guy, the televangelist with the perfect hair, inflexible/dogmatic people and each one of us with all our quirks and imperfections. We represent Jesus to the world. We should be praying to represent Him well to the world because their view of Him is shaped to a large degree by their interactions with us. We’re all growing and becoming mature, so we don’t always get it right, yet He still continues to work through all of us to reveal Himself to the world. What a great responsibility He’s given us!
Most people have no problem thinking about representing Jesus by being His hands and feet. We can comfort the afflicted, feed the hungry and go help those in need. We see that we need to love our neighbor, heal the sick and dismantle the work of the devil when we see it. When looking at the world, it makes sense to us to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
Simply say what God says.
Prophecy should produce the same things in people’s lives that happened when Jesus physically walked on the earth and spoke with people. Just like we should be doing the works of Jesus because we are His Body, we should also be speaking what He says to people as His mouthpiece. Speaking purpose and destiny to someone, giving them hope, reminding them that God loves them relentlessly, comforting them during difficult seasons – these are things that God is saying to people that we can let Him use our voice to declare.
There is much more to dig into regarding prophecy than can be covered here, but we can start right now by simply telling God that we are willing to be used as His mouthpiece and then looking for people in need of strength, encouragement and comfort. When you encounter people who need those things, ask God to speak through you to them – then take a step of faith to open your mouth!
You are His mouthpiece to the world.