Caught Off Guard, and a Kind Reminder

Is God still speaking?

This week, a friend gave me one of the biggest compliments I’ve ever received about the prophetic.

She told me that, in her words, I was the most prophetic person she knew. That’s a pretty wild thing to hear, and honestly, it caught me off guard. I didn’t quite know what to do with it at first. I didn’t feel like I measured up to that kind statement.

What made it even more meaningful was what she said next. She told me she often would go back through my old posts—scrolling, reading, and revisiting stories about what the Lord had done. She said it encouraged her. That meant more to me than she probably realized.

It was encouraging… and also a little hard.

Hard because even though the Lord has continued to work, speak, and move, I don’t always feel like I have as many “cool stories” as I did years ago. I catch myself thinking things like, Maybe I used to walk more strongly in the prophetic than I do now. Whether that’s true or not, the feeling still shows up.

And what I’ve noticed is this: every time I get discouraged and start believing that story, the Lord gently interrupts it. He gives me another reminder. Another conversation. Another moment that quietly says, I’m still here. I’m still speaking.

Recently, I shared honestly about wanting to get back to “those days” of the prophetic. Even writing that felt vulnerable. But as I was asking the Lord how to start this week’s newsletter, I felt like I was supposed to start right here—with this encouragement, this tension, and a reminder of what the prophetic actually is today.

For many people, the prophetic feels confusing, intimidating, or even scary. It used to for me too. I grew up with the sense that God had spoken in the past, but that He wasn’t really speaking anymore—at least not in a personal, relational way. The Bible was complete (and it is), so anything beyond that felt suspicious.

But over time, I’ve come to realize something important: God finishing Scripture does not mean God stopped speaking. It means His Word is the foundation we test everything against.

In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul doesn’t describe prophecy as something strange or elite. He says prophecy is given for edification, exhortation, and comfort—to build people up, encourage them, and strengthen them. That’s the heart of it.

And sometimes, that looks far less dramatic than we expect.

Just this week, I was leaving a place—already down the road a bit—when I felt the Lord nudge me and say, Go back and check the mic batteries. It seemed small. Almost unnecessary. But I turned around and checked anyway.

Several of the batteries had died.

If I hadn’t gone back, it would have created additional problems later—and I wouldn’t have been able to help quickly once things were already in motion. It wasn’t flashy. It wasn’t public. But it mattered.

Moments like that remind me that the prophetic isn’t about impressing people or predicting the future. It’s about listening. It’s about partnership. It’s about God caring enough to speak into real situations, big and small.

This week, I just want to press in again. To explore together. To share stories, Scripture, questions, and reflections—not to hype the prophetic, but to normalize listening to the Lord again. To lower fear. To remind us that God is not distant or silent.

He is present. He is kind. And He still speaks.

I’m grateful you’re here.

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This Week’s Recap:

Is salvation something already finished—or something you’re still working toward?

In 1 Corinthians 1:18, the King James Bible says believers “are saved,” not “being saved.” That small difference changes how we understand assurance, obedience, and the power of the cross.

I wrote a longer piece walking through why the KJV consistently presents salvation as a present reality, not a process—and why modern wording can quietly blur that clarity.

Read the full post to see why this matters and how it affects assurance and faith.

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We often quote Isaiah 55:8–9 when life doesn’t make sense. But when you read the whole chapter, you discover God isn’t explaining mystery—He’s revealing mercy.

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